Chancellorsville

[chan-suh-lerz-vil, -slerz-, chahn-]

noun

1. a village in NE Virginia: site of a Confederate victory 1863.

Example Sentences

Jackson was hit by friendly fire during the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1893 and had his arm amputated before he died.

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Chancellorsville after the Confederate Civil War victory in Virginia, will be renamed the U.S.S.

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The Navy on Nov. 29 denied Chinese claims that the Chancellorsville was forced out of the South China Sea by Chinese warships.

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Lee was one of the most successful commanders of the war, defeating larger Union armies at the battles of Seven Days, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

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The Chancellorsville was named for the Civil War battle and the Maury was named after a Confederate soldier.

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