The Chancellorsville Intersection

The intersection at Chancellorsville was the focal point of the battlefield, where roads radiated in five directions, including River Road just beyond the trees to the left. From this crossroads on May 1, Union troops advanced eastward in a failed attempt to get behind the Confederates at Fredericksburg. The Chancellor family's house dominated the intersection, which had become known as Chancellorsville, and for three days Union commander Joseph Hooker directed his army from the building. On May 3, victorious Confederates swarmed over this ground, pursuing Hooker and his defeated army as they retreated to a new line farther north, leaving behind one of the most famous intersections in America.

Lake Wilderness, Virginia · United States