Paperback. Pub Date: 1998 Pages: 640 Publisher: Mariner Books Sears describes the series of controversial Events that define this Crucial battle. Including General Robert E. Lee's radical decision to divide his small army - a violation of Basic Military the rules - sending Stonewall Jackson on his famous march around the Union army flank. Jackson's death - accidentally shot by one of his own soldiers - is one of the many fascinating stories included in this definitive account of the battle of Chancellorsville.