CHANCELLORSVILLE, a village of Spottsylvania county, Virginia, U.S.A., situated almost midway between Washington and Richmond. It was the central point of one of the greatest battles of the Civil War, fought on May 2 and 3, 1863, between the Union army of the Potomac under Maj.-gen. Hooker, and the Confederate army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Lee. (See AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, and WILDERNESS.) Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson was mortally wounded in this battle.