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Noun: Chancellorsville  'chãn-su-lu(r)z,vil
  1. A village in northeastern Virginia
     
  2. A major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
    - Battle of Chancellorsville

Type of: hamlet, pitched battle, village

Part of: American Civil War, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, United States Civil War, VA, Va., Virginia, War between the States

Encyclopedia: Chancellorsville, Virginia