Chancellorsville
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- proper noun
- /ˈtʃænsəlrzˌvɪl/
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Chancellorsville
- Lyndel enters the fray as a Brigade nurse on the battlefield, sticking close to Nathaniel as they both witness the horrors of war, including the battles at Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and Antietam.
Examples
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My great-grandfather was a bugle boy who sounded his battalion's charge when mighty Stonewall's foot cavalry broke and routed Hooker's right at Chancellorsville.
Fiction book (1993) -
Lee had made it work even so, against Hooker at Chancellorsville.
Fiction book (1992) -
We found defeat again in Chancellorsville.
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We secured the high ground around Chancellorsville.
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The Confederacy won a major victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville near.
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Pleasant died from illness in Richmond, but the other two brothers fought in Virginia until captured at Chancellorsville in 1863.
Academic text (2009) -
He tried to remember the chaos at Chancellorsville, the complete destruction of the Federal flank, and how Jackson had nearly crushed the Federal army in a panic so complete.
Fiction book (2000) -
The 47th North Carolina had joined the Army of Northern Virginia after Chancellorsville, but he knew how Lee had divided his outnumbered army and then divided it again, to fall on Joe Hooker's flanks and drive him back over the Rapidan in dismay and defeat.
Fiction book (1992) -
Over ten days, participants traveled to Washington, D.C., Manassas, Antietam, Harpers Ferry, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Richmond, Petersburg, and Appomattox.
Academic text (1993) -
The Confederacy won a major victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
Synonyms
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A major 1863 Civil War battle where Lee's Southern army defeats Hooker's Northern army
Compounds
A major 1863 Civil War battle where Lee's Southern army defeats Hooker's Northern army
Surface Forms
Morphology
Chancellorsville = chancellor + ville (semi-transparent) = chancellor + ville
Formed from a personal title/surname + the place-name element '-ville'; the composition 'town of a chancellor' is clear but the word functions as a specific proper name.
Etymology
Chancellorsville comes from the name Chancellor plus the ending -ville, where -ville means 'town', so it once meant the 'chancellor's town'; the Civil War battle is named after that place.