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Save Chancellorsville. http://www.usa-civil-war.com/. Why is this place so important?. A major Civil War battle was fought here, in Virginia, between M aj. Gen. Joseph Hooker and Gen. Robert E. Lee. The battle of Chancellorsville was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863.
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Save Chancellorsville http://www.usa-civil-war.com/
Why is this place so important? • A major Civil War battle was fought here, in Virginia, between Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker and Gen. Robert E. Lee. • The battle of Chancellorsville was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863. • The Confederacy won that battle.
WHY SAVE CHANCELLORSVILLE? • Lt. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson was wounded here by friendly fire and died. • Over 30,000 people died, were captured or wounded during this battle.It’s an insult to those people to destroy this battle field. • If we destroy this battlefield, people won’t care about this historyanymore. • The last thing the world needs is more buildings. http://members.tripod.com/andrew_dehart/
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What you can do to help • You can donate to groups that save battlefields. • You can write letters to important people explaining why this battlefield should be saved. • You can clean up the battlefield. • You can protest.
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