Meaning | A major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker. |
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Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
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Part of | American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South |
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Region | Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Va. | A state in the eastern United States |
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Spanish | batalla de Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville |
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