Chancellorsville Clearing

Vicious fighting surged back and forth across this large clearing on the morning of May 3, with Fairview near the brick wall of the Chancellor Cemetery and the Chancellorsville Inn site serving as two key Union positions. Confederates renewed their advance across the scene of their earlier success while three additional Southern brigades extended the Confederate line across the Turnpike. In this vicinity, the 5th Maine Battery joined other artillery and Union infantry to repulse Confederate assaults again, and the flag of the 5th Alabama was captured on earthworks near the Chancellorsville Inn.

Lake Wilderness, Virginia · United States