THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 6
May 6 in history
What happened on May 6: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1863, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Chancellorsville
1–6 May 1863 — Outnumbered two to one, Lee divides his army twice and wins his masterpiece — but Stonewall Jackson is shot in the dark by his own pickets and dies eight days later. “I have lost my right arm.”
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