A history of Virginia for boys and girls . ASSAS AND FREDERICKSBURG 289 sas, in August; Antletam, In September; and Fredericks-burg, in December. 5. Many fine poems were written during the war by JohnR. Thompson and others. PUPILS READINGS Gilman : Robert E. Lee; pages : Life of Robert E. Lee; pages : Life of Thomas J. Jackson; pages 183-198. TEACHERS READINGS Bassett: Plain Story of American History; pages 356- 364- Dodge: Birds-Eye View of Our Civil War; pages 69- 81; 102-115. u CHAPTER XXXVIII CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG For nearly five months after that
A history of Virginia for boys and girls . ASSAS AND FREDERICKSBURG 289 sas, in August; Antletam, In September; and Fredericks-burg, in December. 5. Many fine poems were written during the war by JohnR. Thompson and others. PUPILS READINGS Gilman : Robert E. Lee; pages : Life of Robert E. Lee; pages : Life of Thomas J. Jackson; pages 183-198. TEACHERS READINGS Bassett: Plain Story of American History; pages 356- 364- Dodge: Birds-Eye View of Our Civil War; pages 69- 81; 102-115. u CHAPTER XXXVIII CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG For nearly five months after that bloody winterday at Fredericksburg no great battle was fought in Virginia. Blueand gray contin-ued to watch eachother across the north sidewere the blue le-gions—the Armyof the Potomac;on the south sidewere Lees veter-ans — the Armyof Northern Vir-ginia. But asApril (1863) endedand May beganthe hills of Staf-ford and thewoods of Spottsylvania became alive again withmarching hosts. The waters of the Rappahannock 290. JEFFERSON DAVIS CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG 291 were stirred again with the crossing and recrossingof a hundred thousand men. General Burnside, who had blundered so terriblyat Fredericksburg, had been replaced in commandby General Joseph Hooker — Fighting Joe/And Hooker had put his men in motion for another^On to Richmond! He tried to profit by Burnside_s error. He didnot attempt to force his way across the Rap-pahannock right in Lees face at moved secretly, and he succeeded in stealinga little march by sending his men up the riverten or twelve miles and putting them over they hid in the Spottsylvania wilderness,between the river and Chancellorsville, while Leewas still at Fredericksburg. But Lee soon located Hooker and faced aboutwestward, fighting his way out toward Chan-cellorsville. There, on May 2, he took his turnat stealing marches. Jackson — *01d Jack —was sent on a roundabout way far to the lef
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