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On this hill, on May 3, 1863, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart learned that General Stonewall Jackson had been wounded at Chancellorsville and that he was to take command of Jackson's Corps. Moments earlier, Stuart had ordered his 1,000 men from North Carolina and Virginia to attack the 3,400 Pennsylvanians under General A.W. Averell at Ely's Ford. After ordering three volleys of musket fire at the Union troops below, Stuart cancelled the attack and left to assume command at Chancellorsville.
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Lake Wilderness, Virginia · United States
