Battle of Chancellorsville

Thumbnail for B-2775 [Illegible]. Joseph Hooker

A career military officer who fought in the Mexican-American War and became a Major General in the American Civil War. His leadership of the Army of the Potomac was marred by failed strategy execution and political manoeuvring.

Known also as The King of Spades, The Old Man, and Bobby Lee, he was arguably the greatest soldier of the Civil War. Both General Winfield Scott and General Ulysses S. Grant knew they would be unlikely to outmaneuver him through strategy. Instead, attrition tactics were required (i.e., throwing enough troops at the South to overwhelm them).

Considered one of the most gifted military commanders in U.S. history, this general for the Confederate States of America received his nickname "Stonewall" Jackson as a result of the First Battle of Bull Run. His tactics and boldness are studied to this day in military academies around the world.

Thumbnail for B-1561 Gen. George Stoneman

A career military officer and Union cavalry general during the American Civil War.

Thumbnail for B-3298 Gen. George G. Meade.

A career military officer and Union general during the American Civil War, he eventually led the Army of the Potomac. He is probably most famous for defeating General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg.