The Forgotten Battles of the Chancellorsville Campaign
Fredericksburg, Salem Church, and Banks' Ford in Spring 1863

Erik F. Nelson (Author), Frank A. O'Reilly (Foreword by)

9781606354803

Paperback / softback, published 5 November 2024

416 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg

Military operations in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were a significant part of the Chancellorsville Campaign, but they are overshadowed by what occurred in the wilderness of Spotsylvania County, where Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson’s forces overwhelmed a hapless Union army. To demonstrate how a Union force overpowered Confederate troops in and around Fredericksburg, Erik F. Nelson emphasises the role of terrain and re-examines contemporary documentation.