Part 1 of Essay
Chancellorsville is considered to be General Robert E. Lee's greatest victory; his cunning military tactics brought a loss to the North, defeating General Joseph Hooker's army which was almost twice the size of his. Dividing his army up several times, he drove the Federal army from the battlefield and brought a great vict ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... Convinced that Lee would have to retreat, Hooker trusted that his troops could defeat the Confederates as they tried to escape his trap. On April 29, Hooker's cavalry and three army corps crossed Kelly's Ford. His columns split, with the cavalry pushing to the west while the army corps secured Getmanna and Ely's fords. The next day these columns reunited at Chancellorsville. Lee reacted to the news of the Federals in the Wilderness by sending General Richard H. Anderson's division to investigate. Finding t ....