Question

) When and where did the Battle of of Chancellorsvile take place? Between whom was this battle

fought?

(ii) Why did Hooker lose the battle?

(iii) Draw a contrast between the personalities of Lee and Hooker?

(iv) Why was Hooker confident of victory against Lee?

(v) What was Lee’s plan to win the battle?​​

Answer 1

Answer:

(I) It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The campaign pitted Union Army Maj.

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Battle of Chancellorsville.

Date April 30 – May 6, 1863

Result Confederate victory

(ii) Even as Confederate leadership plotted to reunite the wings of the army by assaulting Hazel Grove, Hooker ordered Sickles to abandon the position because it was too exposed out at the very tip of the Federal formation. Under protest, Sickles obeyed, pulling out even as Confederates swept onto the hill.

(iii) Draw a contrast between the personalities of Lee and Hooker. ... It was fought between the Confederate Army of North Virginia led by General Robert Lee and the Union Army of Potomac led by Joe Hooker.

(iv) Hooker was confident of victory because he had gathered a lot of information about Lee's army. ... Hooker moved half of his army behind Lee's army and trapped Lee's men both from the front and the back. Hooker hoped that faced with such a situation Lee would retreat with his army and Hooker would win the battle.

(v) The only way the Confederacy could achieve its independence, Lee thought, was to win battlefield victories while the South had the strength to do so, victories that would if possible cripple the enemy's main army and demoralize the Northern people to the point they became convinced that continuing to fight was not

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Answer 2

1. Battle of Chancellor's ville was fought in 1863 in Spotsylvania Country. It was a civil war which was fought between General Hooker and Robert E. Lee.
2. General Hooker lost the battle because of his own arrogance and errors. He was not math for the Robert E. Lee and the army of Northern Virginia.
3. While Lee was devout and principled, Hooker was known for his rollicking enjoyment of both women and whiskey. Despite the fact that the confederacy had won the last four major battles and the union soldiers were famished, exhausted, and demoralized, Hooker proclaimed,"My plans and perfect".
4. Hooker was confident of victory because he had gathered a lot of information about Lee's army. Hooker moved half of his army behind Lee's arm and trapped Lee's men both from front and the back. Hooker hoped that faced with such a situation Lee would retreat with his army and Hooker would win the battle.
5. General Lee was willing to do what most other generals of the time were afraid to do. For example, when Lee's troops were outnumbered by union soldiers, he often broke a widely-acknowledged strategy rule: do not divide your troops, keep them together.