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Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave Paperback - 1993

by Ernest B. Furgurson

The Battle of Chancellorsville has obsessed military historians for 130 years and posed one of the great riddles of the Civil War. This splendid chronicle of Chancellorsville draws on a wealth of firsthand sources, combining a gripping narrative of tactics and character with a clarity of analysis. Photos.


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For 130 years historians and military strategists have been obsessed by the battle of Chancellorsville. It began with an audaciously planned stroke by Union general Joe Hooker as he sent his army across the Rappahannock River and around Robert E. Lee's lines. It ended with that same army fleeing back in near total disarray -- and Hooker's reputation in ruins.
This splendid account of Chancellorsville -- the first in more than 35 years -- explains Lee's most brilliant victory even as it places the battle within the larger canvas of the Civil War. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand sources, it creates a novelistic chronicle of tactics and characters while it retraces every thrust and parry of the two armies and the fateful decisions of their commanders, from Hooker's glaring display of moral weakness to the inspired risk-taking of Lee and Stonewall Jackson, who was mortally wounded by friendly fire. At once impassioned and gracefully balanced, Chancellorsville 1863 is a grand achievement in Civil War history.

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  • Title Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave
  • Author Ernest B. Furgurson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 1993-09-28
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780679728313 / 0679728317
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.22 x 0.94 in (20.32 x 13.26 x 2.39 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects Chancellorsville, Battle of,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93015507
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.734

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"A fascinating account of a fascinating -- if terrible -- battle."-- Tom Wicker

About the author

Ernest B. "Pat" Furgurson, formerly a correspondent and columnist for the Baltimore Sun, has spent most of his life in the nation's capital. A native of Virginia, he is the author of Freedom Rising, Chancellorsville 1863, Ashes of Glory, and Not War but Murder. He lives in Washington, DC.
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