Associations to the word «Chancellorsville»

Dictionary definition

CHANCELLORSVILLE, noun. A village in northeastern Virginia.
CHANCELLORSVILLE, noun. A major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker.

Wise words

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