On this day in 1863, the Battle of Chancellorsville began in Virginia. Union General Joseph Hooker, earlier in the year, had led his men in the Army of the Potomac into Virginia in order to confront the rebel Army of Northern Virginia under the command of General Robert E. Lee. General Hooker had just recently replaced Ambrose Burnside, who had led the …
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