Chancellorsville

By April 30 Hooker's plan had worked. Then Hooker stopped. After Fredericksburg and the Mud March, the Union army got a new commander. Joseph Hooker fed his men, gave every corps a badge, and set up the army's first real intelligence bureau. Across the river, Lee's army was hungry and short two divisions sent south for food. Hooker's plan was bold: hold Lee at Fredericksburg and march most of the army around his flank. What followed made legends: Jackson's march across the Union front, the collapse of the XI Corps, Jackson shot by his own men, Hooker stunned at the Chancellor house, and an army twice Lee's size back across the river. Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Gamble walks the campaign the way an Army staff ride does, from the strategic setup on both sides to an honest after action review. It tests the famous lines against the record. With maps, a stand guide, and notes for every fact. After Action Shorts No. 2.