CHANCELLORSVILLE • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Chancellorsville

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

Chancellorsville

noun

A village in northeastern Virginia.

A major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker.

See images of 'Chancellorsville'

Etymology of 'Chancellorsville'

Share |

"Chancellorsville" Quotes from Famous Books

... decision against Christianity would prove nothing, even if his mind had been more powerful than it was. His theism was not strong enough to save him from deep depression under misfortune; and we heard, on what we thought at the time good authority, that after Chancellorsville, he actually meditated suicide. Like many sceptics, he was liable to superstition, especially to the superstition of self-consciousness, a conviction that he was the subject of a special decree made by some nameless ...

— Lectures and Essays • Goldwin Smith

... as a brilliant tactician; he was known as "fighting Joe;" but he was rash. He made a bold and successful march, crossed the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers and advanced upon the enemy, but early in May, 1863, was defeated at Chancellorsville, in one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The Confederates were now exceedingly elated; and Lee, with a largely increased army of ninety thousand splendid fighting men, resolved on invading Pennsylvania in force. Evading Hooker, he passed ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XII • John Lord

Words linked to "Chancellorsville" : American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States, pitched battle, Old Dominion State, village, VA, Virginia, Old Dominion, hamlet