7 6 The American Civil War
of a volley from a North Carolina regiment.
Wounded in three places, he had his left arm
amputated later that evening.
Despite Jackson's impressive attack, Lee's
troops at Chancellorsville remained
separated by Hooker's much larger force.
Extremely hard fighting on the morning of
3 May enabled the Confederates to reunite
their wings at Chancellorsville and push
Oliver Otis Howard, a flag tucked under the stump of
his right arm (he lost the limb at the Battle of Seven
Pines), tries to rally his corps in the face of Jackson's
flank attack. Having ignored warnings of an impending
rebel attack, Howard exhibited courage on the field. He
readily conceded that his lines collapsed 'more quickly
than it could be told.' Two months later, his corps would
be driven from the field again during the first day's
fighting at Gettysburg. (Osprey Publishing)