The Campaign of Chancellorsville [Paperback]

Theodore Ayrault Dodge (Author), Stephen W. Sears (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 7, 1999

The clash at Chancellorsville in 1863 was an enormously complex ten-day campaign. At its conclusion, General Joseph Hooker, the confident commander of the Army of the Potomac, was in disgrace, while Confederate General Robert E. Lee had won a decisive victory but at the loss of the irreplaceable "Stonewall" Jackson, killed by friendly fire.At age nineteen Theodore Ayrault Dodge volunteered for the Union cause. As part of the Eleventh Corps—surprised and routed by "Stonewall" Jackson's celebrated flank attack—he participated in the battle's fiercest and costliest fighting. (Dodge would later lose a leg at Gettysburg.) This second 1886 edition of his classic study, first published in 1881, is marked by Dodge's unsparing analysis and astute interpretations, which have retained their value and vigor for over a century.

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About the Author

Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842–1909) served in the New York volunteer infantry during the Civil War. His books include Alexander, Hannibal, The Campaign of Chancellorsville, A Bird's Eye View of Our Civil War, Gustavus Adolphus, Cesar,and Napoleon (in four volumes).

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 2nd edition (May 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306809141
• ISBN-13: 978-0306809149
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,555,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worthy supplement to Bigelow, Furgurson and Sears, September 19, 2000

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J. C. Tumblin OD (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Campaign of Chancellorsville (Paperback)

My greatgrandfather lost his leg the morning after "Stonewall" Jackson was mortally wounded at Chancellorsville and within a few hundred yards of the site. Therefore, over the years, I have read everything I could find on the battle, including Bigelow's classic account and the more recent accounts by Furgurson and Sears. Theodore A. Dodge (1842-1909) describes what it was like to be surprised and routed by Jackson's troops at the end of the historic "Flank March" and how his Eleventh Corps of the Union Army participated in the fierce and costly fight. Although it was first published in 1881, we can thank Da Capo for reprinting Dodge's book with an Introduction by Stephen Sears. The correspondence between Hooker, Lee and Lincoln that is printed at the end of the book furnishes insight into the aftermath of a horrendous battle. Recommended.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More interesting for appendix than battle description, July 27, 2007

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robbieandrose (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Campaign of Chancellorsville (Paperback)

The author basically takes 200 pages to justly criticize Hooker and the rest of the Union command without really added much to the strategic or tactical discussion of the battle though he does put a great emphasis on the importance of the terrain that the battle was fought over. As another reviewer mentioned the appendix is full interesting post war letters by the participants.