FIELD COMMANDER ROBERT E. LEE: CHANCELLORSVILLE EXPANSION

Chancellorsville (April 30 - May 3, 1863)

Considered widely as Lee’s masterpiece, the Confederate general took the risk of dividing his forces to befuddle and defeat the larger Union army. The Battle starts shortly before Lee and Jackson have their fateful meeting at the Orange Plank – Furnace Road crossroads, where the decision was taken to send Jackson on a long, flanking march to catch Union forces ‘in the air’; that is, not anchored to a defensive point. With special rules to capture the drama of the Hidden March, the player must simultaneously hold back the Union advance from Fredericksburg to Salem Church, east of Chancellorsville.