Chancellorsville+Union+Generals

Joseph Hooker became the Union's Major General in 1863. Hooker worked him men very hard to get them into good shape to battle. Everyday they would have many mock battles between his troops preparing them to fight General Lee's army. In the battle of Chancellorsville he took a third of the 130,000 troops, letting Sedgwick take another third leaving another third on reserve, attacking Lee's aramy of 60,000 men. John Sedgwick was another General of the Union Army. In The Battle of Chancellorsville he took one third of the troops of General Hooker's army and flanked Lee's army.