Stonewall Jackson, shot by friendly fire the night of May 2, has his mangled left arm amputated early in the morning of May 3 at a field hospital. General Robert E. Lee says of Jackson’s importance to him and the Army of Northern Virginia; “He has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right. Any victory would be dear at such a cost.”
Lee knows the Federals hold a good defensive position on the high ground around Chancellorsville and the situation is too risky for a direct attack.