. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . Chaneellopsville. May 2, 1863. and enabled Jackson to complete his manoeuvre and tocrush at a blow the Eleventh corps, which held that flank,and to throw the army into utter this moment of his greatest triumph Jack-son fell at the hand of his own men. On the morrow, by dint of massed blows, with Jack-son for a watchword, upon Hookers lines, where but oneman in three was put under fire, Lee fairly drove our army May 2. 130 BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF OUR CIVIL WAR. [1863. into a corner, from whence its dazed commander, witheighty thousand men, cried alo
. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . Chaneellopsville. May 2, 1863. and enabled Jackson to complete his manoeuvre and tocrush at a blow the Eleventh corps, which held that flank,and to throw the army into utter this moment of his greatest triumph Jack-son fell at the hand of his own men. On the morrow, by dint of massed blows, with Jack-son for a watchword, upon Hookers lines, where but oneman in three was put under fire, Lee fairly drove our army May 2. 130 BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF OUR CIVIL WAR. [1863. into a corner, from whence its dazed commander, witheighty thousand men, cried aloud for succor to Sedgwicksone corps fifteen miles away, still fronting the defenses at. Chaneellorsville. May 3, 4, 6, 1863. Mays. Fredericksburg. Under quite impossible orders this gal-lant soldier captured Maryes Heights, whereBurnside had lost thirteen thousand men,and advanced towards his chief. But Lee, trusting toHookers panic to keep him bottled up, turned upon Sedg-May4. wick, drove him across the river after an all^ay^- days fight, and again confronted Hooker,who, dizzy and nerveless, sought safety in retreat to hisold camps. This ten days passage at arms was glorious to the Con-federate soldiers valor and to his leaders skill, while welost all save honor. With an effective only half as great,Lee had actually outnumbered Hooker whenever he 1863. ] CHANG ELL ORS ViLLE. 131 had struck him. While a fraction of our forces were beinsrdecimated, the rest were held by Hooker in the leash atplaces where they were uselessly fretting to join theirbrothers in the fray. It is true that Hooker was accidentally disabled May 3 ;but rather than turn over the command to his seco
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