Confederate Catastrophe-The Battle of Chancellorsville - Chancellorsville VA
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Don.Morfe
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Near this spot around 9:15 p.m. on the night of May 2, 1863, the Confederate cause suffered disaster. As "Stonewall" Jackson and his party returned from their reconnaissance down the Mountain Road.
Waymark Code: WM1345F
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2020
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Confederate Catastrophe-The Battle of Chancellorsville— Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —Near this spot around 9:15 p.m. on the night of May 2, 1863, the Confederate cause suffered disaster. As "Stonewall" Jackson and his party returned from their reconnaissance down the Mountain Road, Confederate musketry erupted south of the Plank Road (Route 3). The scattered fire rippled northward, directly across Jackson's path.
A Confederate officer yelled, "Cease firing! You are firing into your own men!" Through the darkness, a voice shouted back: "Who gave that order? It's a lie! Pour it into them, boys!" The flash from dozens of rifles illuminated the darkness. Two bullets crashed into Jackson's left arm; a third pierced his right hand. Later that night his left arm would be amputated. On May 10, 1863, Jackson died in a farm office at Guinea Station.
LOCATION: Marker is near Chancellorsville, Virginia, in Spotsylvania County. Marker is on Plank Road / Germania Highway, on the right when traveling west. Located behind the Chancellorsville Visitors Center to the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, on the "Wounding of Stonewall Jackson" walking trail. 9001 Plank Road, Fredericksburg VA 22407
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