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In the months after the Battle of Fredericksburg, fighting in Virginia temporarily slowed, but Confederate troops spent the winter of 1862-1863 building nearly thirty miles of earthworks along the south bank of the Rappahannock River, from United States Ford to Port Royal. Union commander Joseph Hooker, unwilling to attack Lee’s strong defenses, planned to force the Confederates out of these works by maneuver. On April 29, 1863, he crossed the Rappahannock River beyond Lee’s left flank at Kelly’s Ford and moved onto the Confederate rear. Lee then abandoned much of the winter line, marched west, and fought Hooker near the roadside inn called Chancellorsville.
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