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The Chancellorsville Campaign: Deluding the Enemy historical marker is on the Jackson’s Flank March Trail just west of its intersection with Brock Road.
From the marker:
Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. Deluding the enemy was the secret of Jackson’s success. Since his troops had been observed from Federal signal stations as they marched across the front of Hooker’s army, he turned them south on the Brock Road to create the impression that he was in full retreat along the road to Spotsylvania Court House. Reaching a point where the head of the column was concealed from the Federals by dense forests, he turned sharply right, going north along this woodland trail, which parallels the Brock Road, to complete his flanking movment.
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service
Location of the marker
The marker is on the north side of Jackson Trail West about 450 feet west of Brock Road. (38°15’47.7″N 77°40’37.0″W)
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