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Chancellorsville

DEFINITIONS OF: Chancellorsville

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n a village in northeastern Virginia

Example of:
hamlet, village
a settlement smaller than a town

n a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker

Example 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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