Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Touring the Battlefields x
Introduction xiii
Prologue: The Wounding of Stonewall Jackson 1
Chapter 1 The Road to Chancellorsville 11
Chapter 2 The Most Important Crossroads in America 21
Chapter 3 The First Day's Battle 27
Chapter 4 Settling In 37
Chapter 5 The Cracker Box Meeting 43
Chapter 6 On the March 49
Chapter 7 Catharine Furnace 53
Chapter 8 Withdrawals 59
Chapter 9 Jackson's Flank March 65
Chapter 10 The Attack 73
Chapter 11 The Key to the Battlefield 87
Chapter 12 The Crucible of Battle 97
Chapter 13 "Agony and Conflict" 107
Chapter 14 The Forgotten Front 115
Epilogue: Beyond the Crossroads 123
Appendix A The Rivers and Fords 131
Appendix B Stoneman's Raid Daniel T. Davis Phillip S. Greenwalt 135
Appendix C Jackson's Flank Attack Reconsidered Ryan T. Quint 143
Appendix D The Chancellors of Chancellorsville Rebekah Oakes 14
Appendix E Matthew Fontaine Maury Kristopher D. White 153
Order of Battle 156
Suggested Reading 170
About the Authors 174
List of Maps: Maps Hal Jespersen
Driving Tour xi
Wounding of Stonewall Jackson 2
Hooker's Plan 14
Battle of Chancellorsville, Afternoon, May 1, 1863 28
Jackson's Flank Attack 75
Hooker's Wing at Chancellorsville 98
Hooker's Final Tine at Chancellorsville 110
Second Battle of Fredericksburg 116
Battle of Chancellorsville, Late Afternoon, May 4, 1863 119
Stoneman's Raid, April-May 1863 136
