to for the Army of the Potomac and Union forces. The battle began with the refreshed Union soldiers, numbering about 134,000, attempting a double envelopment of Lee's forces (of about 60,000) in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Virginia. After a successful crossing of the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers between April 27 and 30, 1863, Hooker's army essentially divided into three elements. A body of Union troops, led by Major General Sedgwick, was organized to provide a diversion east of Lee's army. The rest of Hooker's army, except the cavalry corps, executed a large flanking maneuver about ten miles west of Fredericksburg, near Chancellorsville. Meanwhile, the cavalry moved west in a broader flanking movement, then southeast toward the Confederate lines of communication south of Fredericksburg. When...... middle of paper ......d Fredericksburg and Salem Church, by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D White, x. Savas Beatie, 2013In Chancellorsville, by Stephen W. Sears, 62-75. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998. “Union General Burnside relieved of command,” The History Channel website, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burnside-relieved-of-command (accessed 7 November 2013).United States Army. Army Doctrinal Publication 3-0. 2011. United States Army. Army Doctrinal Publication 5-0. 2012. United States Army. Army Doctrinal Publication 6-0. 2012. United States Army. “Command and Control at Chancellorsville.” In the field manual 6-0, 1-21. 2003.Military Intelligence University. Grenville M. Dodge and George H. Sharpe: Grant's intelligence chiefs in the West and East. January 2013. http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/spy/pages/grantintel.html (accessed November 4, 2013).

Essay / to for the Army of the Potomac and Union forces. The battle began with the refreshed Union soldiers, numbering about 134,000, attempting a double envelopment of Lee's forces (of about 60,000) in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Virginia. After a successful crossing of the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers between April 27 and 30, 1863, Hooker's army essentially divided into three elements. A body of Union troops, led by Major General Sedgwick, was organized to provide a diversion east of Lee's army. The rest of Hooker's army, except the cavalry corps, executed a large flanking maneuver about ten miles west of Fredericksburg, near Chancellorsville. Meanwhile, the cavalry moved west in a broader flanking movement, then southeast toward the Confederate lines of communication south of Fredericksburg. When...... middle of paper ......d Fredericksburg and Salem Church, by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D White, x. Savas Beatie, 2013In Chancellorsville, by Stephen W. Sears, 62-75. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998. “Union General Burnside relieved of command,” The History Channel website, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burnside-relieved-of-command (accessed 7 November 2013).United States Army. Army Doctrinal Publication 3-0. 2011. United States Army. Army Doctrinal Publication 5-0. 2012. United States Army. Army Doctrinal Publication 6-0. 2012. United States Army. “Command and Control at Chancellorsville.” In the field manual 6-0, 1-21. 2003.Military Intelligence University. Grenville M. Dodge and George H. Sharpe: Grant's intelligence chiefs in the West and East. January 2013. http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/spy/pages/grantintel.html (accessed November 4, 2013).

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