Joseph Hooker overrides the majority of his corps commanders and orders that the Federal Army of the Potomac withdraw back across the river, thereby ending the Battle of Chancellorsville in defeat.

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Joseph Hooker overrides the majority of his corps commanders and orders that the Federal Army of the Potomac withdraw back across the river, thereby ending the Battle of Chancellorsville in defeat.
Confederates regain Marye’s Heights outside Fredericksburg, as John Sedgwick’s Federals retreat across the Rappahannock River.
Federals attack the Confederate defenders on Marye’s Heights in a fight reminiscent of the Federal disaster at Fredericksburg last December.
May 10, 1864 – The Federal Army of the Potomac launched an all-out assault on Confederates defending Spotsylvania Court House, with particular emphasis on a
May 8, 1864 – After two terrible days in the Wilderness, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant led the Federal Army of the Potomac into a
May 6, 1864 – Fighting raged a second day as Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant learned that General Robert E. Lee would not be an