. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . at Chancellorsville, before the latterhad begun to divine his purpose. But here Hooker paused. Indecision seized his frittered away a precious day, and when he finallyadvanced on Lee, the latter had recovered himself and wasprepared to meet him. After barely feeling his adver-sary, Fighting Joe retired into the Wilderness to inviteattack, while Lee, with half his force but thrice his nerve,sharply followed him up. The terrain to which the Armyof the Potomac had been thus withdrawn was well was one vast entanglement of second growth timber
. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . at Chancellorsville, before the latterhad begun to divine his purpose. But here Hooker paused. Indecision seized his frittered away a precious day, and when he finallyadvanced on Lee, the latter had recovered himself and wasprepared to meet him. After barely feeling his adver-sary, Fighting Joe retired into the Wilderness to inviteattack, while Lee, with half his force but thrice his nerve,sharply followed him up. The terrain to which the Armyof the Potomac had been thus withdrawn was well was one vast entanglement of second growth timber 1863.] CHANCELL ORS VILLE. 129 and chapparal, to the last degree unfitted for the ma-noeuvres of an army. With his wonted rashness, but relying on his adver-sarys vacillation, Lee divided his army and sent Jacksonaround Hookers right to take him in reverse and cut himoff from United States Ford, while his own constant feintson the centre should cover the move. Meanwhile Hookerweakened liis right by blind demonstrations in his front,. 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
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