Chancellorsville Campaign

On May 2, 1863, the head of Jackson's column reached this point about 12:30 p.m. while its rear, eight miles away and under fire from Federal guns, was closing up near the Catharine Furnace. Jackson intended to turn the column right onto the Plank Road one mile ahead, but after General Fitzhugh Lee galloped south and joined him, the two advanced to a hill on the Plank Road where Lee showed that the Federal right extended too far west to be outflanked by the chosen route. Jackson then quickly changed plans, continued his march along the Brock Road to the Orange Turnpike, turned there, and swept eastward against the unsuspecting foe.

Virginia · United States