Battle of Chancellorsville • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Battle Facts • The Armies
The pair of historical markers – one of text, the second an accompanying map – are on the west side of the Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center, Stop 1 of the Battle of Chancellorsville Auto Tour.
From the text marker:
Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. Jackson’s two leading lines, battling the tangled undergrowth and the retreating Federal XI Corps, became disorganized. In this vicinity, Jackson halted his successful advance and ordered A.P. Hill’s Division to the front. While the change was being made, Jackson rode out with his staff about 9 p.m. to reconnoiter the Federal position. Meeting A.P. Hill, he gave one of his last field commands: “Press them! Cut them off from the United States Ford, Hill! Press them!” A few minutes later he fell mortally wounded by the mistaken fire of his own men.
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service
Text from the map:
Chancellorsville Campaign
Situation about 9 p.m. May 2, 1863
Text from the box to the left of the compass rose:
While A.P. Hill’s division moved up to take over Jackson’s front line, Rodes and Colston’s divisions, intermingled by their rapid advance, fell back to regroup
Text from the box in the lower right:
Jackson’s shattered left arm was amputated here early on May 2. He was taken south to Guinea Station, where he died on May 10 of pneumonia.
Location of the Markers
The markers at along the path that loops around the Visitor Center, just around the west side of the building.
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