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Chancellorsville, Virginia
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Chancellorsville
Unincorporated community
Chancellorsville is located in Virginia
Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coordinates: 38°18?30?N 77°38?4?WCoordinates: 38°18?30?N 77°38?4?W
Country United States
State Virginia
County Spotsylvania
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 1492743[1]
Chancellorsville is a historic site and unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, about ten miles west of Fredericksburg. The name of the locale derives from the mid-19th century inn operated by the family of George Chancellor at the intersection of the Orange Turnpike and Orange Plank Road. The American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville occurred there in May 1863, and the Battle of the Wilderness was fought nearby in May 1864. During the 1863 battle, Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by friendly fire, dying eight days later on May 10, 1863, from pneumonia.

Portions of both the Chancellorsville and Wilderness battlefields are protected within Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, although both battlefields have come under threat from development in recent years. The site of the Chancellorsville Inn, where Union Gen. Joseph Hooker had his headquarters during the 1863 battle, is preserved in the national military park, as is the site of Jackson's wounding. The site of Jackson's death is located at Guinea Station in Caroline County, south of Fredericksburg, and is also preserved as part of the park.

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Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chancellorsville, Virginia
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