Battle of Chancellorsville • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Battle Facts • The Armies
The Chancellorsville Campaign – May 3, 10:30 historical marker is on the east side of Stuart Drive just south of Plank Road. It is in between Stops 8 and 9 on the Auto Tour, about a half mile from Stop 9.
Text from the marker:
Chancellorsville Campaign
May 3, 1863 – Battle cries break the stillness of the dawn as 25,000 Confederate soldiers move up through the dark woods on both sides of the Plank Road to attack the Union position guarding Fairview heights, 800 yards to the east. Leading them in place of the wounded Stonwall Jackson was Lee’s 30-year-old cavalry chief, ‘Jeb’ Stuart. By 10:50 a.m. after a fierce struggle, Fairview had fallen and Hooker’s men were pushed back past Chancellorsville to a defensive line from which they would retreat across the river on May 5. Lee was then free to boldly strike out North toward Gettysburg.
Location of the marker
The marker is on the east side of Stuart Drive about 180 feet south of Plank Road (Virginia Route 3). It is between Stop 8 and Stop 9 of the Chancellorsville Battle Auto Tour.
(go to the main Stop 9 page)
(go to the main Chancellorsville Battlefield Auto Tour page)