2 May 1863 A.D. CHANCELLORSVILLE, VA: LTGEN Stonewall Jackson Rolls Up Union’s Right “Like a Rug”
2 May 1863 A.D. CHANCELLORSVILLE, VA: LTGEN Stonewall Jackson Rolls Up Union’s Right “Like a Rug,” Union MGEN O.O. Howard Commanding; “Old Jack” Stonewall Seriously Wounded by Friendlies Editors. “ 1863 – Stonewall Jackson administers a devastating defeat to the Army of the Potomac and is wounded by friendly fire. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/may-2/ . Accessed 1 May 2015. 1863 – Stonewall Jackson administers a devastating defeat to the Army of the Potomac and is wounded by friendly fire. In one of the most stunning upsets of the war, a vastly outnumbered Army of Northern Virginia sent the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General Joseph Hooker, back to Washington in defeat. Hooker, who headed for Lee’s army confident and numerically superior, had sent part of his force to encounter Lee’s troops at Fredericksburg the day before, while the rest swung west to approach Lee from the rear. Meanwhile, Lee had left ...