Chancellorsville

Chancellorsville

Chancellorsville (spr. tschänßĕlörswill), Ort im nordamerikan. Staat Virginia, Grafschaft Spottsylvania, 20 km westlich von Fredericksburg. Hier wurde 2.–4. Mai 1863 der Unionsgeneral Hooker von dem Heerführer der Konföderierten, Lee, geschlagen. Auch 6. Mai 1864 kämpfte Lee hier gegen Grant; die unentschiedene Schlacht wird als »Schlacht in der Wildnis« bezeichnet.


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