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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 989

Autographs
U.S.A.
American Civil War
Battle of Chansellorville: 1863 (7 May) autograph note headed "Camp 7th Regt N. Jersey Vols., Near Falmouth .." being a list of stores taken up by Lt H.D. Crane when he assumed command of his regiment " ... on the battlefield of Chansellorville ... on 3rd day of May 1863 for which Capt G.A. Smith ... was responsible: he having been severely wounded" and is signed by H.D. Crane at foot. In fine condition; an unusual Civil War item. Photo

The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The campaign pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army less than half its size, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Chancellorsville is known as Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory.



The 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry formed part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1864 of the Union forces

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