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Chancellorsville

American  
[chan-suh-lerz-vil, -slerz-, chahn-] / ˈtʃæn sə lərzˌvɪl, -slərz-, ˈtʃɑn- /

noun

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


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“It took more than a decade — and the addition of names such as Antietam, Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville to our national canon — but Douglass’s vision of ‘our common humanity’ would be fulfilled,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

This was true, for example, when the guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville sailed through that strait on Aug. 28.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022

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

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

There’s a third lesson in the Chancellorsville story, and in the time since Blink was published I’ve come to think that it is the most important lesson of all.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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