Chancellorsville

     Before the North could effectively overcome the disillusionment that fed the peace movement by starting to win more battles and assuring its' people that they would be victorious, they suffered yet another humiliating defeat on the eastern front. General Joseph Hooker led Union forces to Chancellorsville, Virginia in May of 1863, where they were defeated by a Confederate army less than half their size. Robert E. Lee worked in a pincer-like movement, ordering "Stonewall" Jackson to cut the Union off on the right. Though the Confederates were victorious, they also suffered a mighty loss: Jackson would later die of the wounds he received during this battle.