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The Civil War & Reconstruction

#273 CHANCELLORSVILLE (Part the Sixteenth)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

History

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In which Hooker retreats, Lee stews, and we wrap-up our discussion of the Chancellorsville Campaign.

Transcript

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0:30.0

Hey everyone, welcome to episode number 273 of our Civil War podcast.

0:38.2

My name is Rich.

0:39.8

And I'm Tracy.

0:40.8

Hello y'all.

0:41.8

Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

0:44.9

As y'all recall, the Chancellor'sville campaign was the result of the Federal Commander,

0:49.8

Major General Joseph Hooker's decision to set in motion a bold plan in late April 1863.

0:58.0

Hooker would split his huge army into three pieces.

1:01.9

One piece, his cavalry corps, would make a wide circle around the enemy's left flank and

1:07.5

drive toward the vulnerable rebel rail system and also threaten Richmond.

1:13.1

The Federal Infantry Force, seven full corps, consisting of nearly 120,000 men, was split

1:20.6

into two additional pieces.

1:23.4

Hooker would leave three and a half corps in the Frederick Spurge area to hold the enemy's

1:27.9

attention there, while fighting Joe himself accompanied the rest of the troops on a march

1:33.8

up the Rapa Hannock.

1:36.3

Once that river and the Rapa Dan had been crossed upstream from Frederick Spurge, Hooker's

1:42.0

maneuver force would be in a position to sweep down upon the Confederate Army's flank

1:47.7

and into their rear.

1:49.9

Hooker hoped to either smash the badly outnumbered Confederates between his forces or compel

1:55.8

the rebels to withdraw south toward Richmond.

1:59.4

Hooker boasted, quote, our enemy must engloriously fly or come out from behind his defenses and

2:06.5

give us battle on our own ground where certain destruction awaits him.

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