Chancellorsville Battle Map Program

Watch the Battle of Chancellorsville unfold tactically on this video map program. Despite his best attempts at maneuver, Joseph Hooker's 134,000 strong Army of the Potomac faltered in the face of Robert E. Lee's audacious attacks with his 63,000-man Army of Northern Virginia.

[@ArcticTemper]

Absolutely what I was looking for, thanks!

[@apollomars1678]

1:08 holy cow the same position in gettisburg, Lee push at the morning in the middle.

[@Tewtcalpha]

This is one if the most expressive order of battle

[@stephenhenderson4174]

Excellent visual, nicely done. I am curious, what program did you use to make this video?

[@ered203]

I understand the Union's hesitation to commit large numbers of men early in the war. I'm sure the whole thing still seemed unreal. But after Shiloh, Antietam and Fredericksburg, you would think Hooker would have taken the initiative and just ended it with overwhelming numbers. I guess President Lincoln was asking that exact same question though.

[@chriskule4663]

That ground behind Chancellorsville is pretty soft for maneuver. Lee had a logistically supportable base in Orange, to the SW but Hooker was not heading in that direction. Probably because of Lincoln's strategic wishes. When Grant came across in 1864 he deployed North South, not East West, against Lee, who was then in Orange. Lee's advantage at Chancellorsville was better ground behind and below him and interior lines. Burnside had failed with direct assault at F'burg. Not sure Hooker could have done what Grant later did... which cost Grant something like 100,000 casualties in about 5 weeks. Chancellorsville was a bloodletting for Lee's army and a clear prelude to the losses which ensued at G'burg, Overland, and P'burg. From that perspective it was exactly what Lincoln ordered.

[@lynnalquistmosovsky3039]

I want to plug in my GreatGreatGrandfather's unit number and watch this again!

[@durandil]

We can see how badly conducted were the Union's armies. The left flank is protected by the river but they do nothing to protect their right flank. The army in Fredericksburg attacked way too late.

[@ianjones2068]

The right flank was protected by the Wilderness which was a second growth forest. This map does not do a good job explaining what that area was like. The problem for the Union was the fact that local guides showed Confederates paths through the Wilderness which is why Jackson was able to do his flank attack. Think of the Ardennes in 1940. The mistake Hooker made was not attacking Lee and the Confederates thus preventing them from doing something like this. Also in ignoring reports from Union pickets who had run into lots of Confederates in the Wilderness. Another battle was fought in the Wilderness itself in 1864 between Grant and Lee and it was one of the ugliest battles of the war. At the time it was hard to navigate and had lots of serious ground cover. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness

[@chevy3gm]

That was very helpful.

[@swi10]

Thx for this!

[@pompeythegreat297]

Very nice!!

[@VeryEpicGavin]

What programs were used to make these?

[@szalard]

Grant would had pushed the attacks further and won the battle.

[@danielkitchens4512]

Grant faced Lee very late in the war when Lee was at his weakest and Grant Almost always outnumbered his opponents in every way. Grant is a great general but I wonder how he would perform if he was put in the same situations as Lee .

[@szalard]

@@danielkitchens4512 Yes, Grant was an offensive general, while Lee a deffensive one. Lee obtained his greatest victories in deffensive, while Grant in offensive. But I think If Grant would had not achieved his success against Lee, If he has had the smaller numbers of troops, shortages in weapons and Military technology of Lee's troops.

[@lc8199]

How was this made?

[@liopthhologramm3100]

hi, which map program did u use for this?

[@michellejean11]

No voice but still nicely done.

[@alpetensel4047]

Which app is that

[@kkonacreed8638]

Why didn’t lee just crush the men left at fredricksburg then escape that way? Could’ve totally wiped them out, attacking downhill with the enemies backs against the river (mostly) and being able to pound them with artillery.

[@dianpolnitz5156]

wow#

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

The civil war wasn’t about blue and red buses driving all around town. They didn’t even have buses at that time so the entire idea is nothing more than a cartoon.