Chancellorsville and the GermansOften called Lees greatest triumph, the battle of Chancellorsville decimated the Union Eleventh Corps, composed of large numbers of German speaking volunteers. Poorly deployed, the unit was routed by Stonewall Jackson and became the scapegoat for the Northern defeat, blamed by many on the flight of German immigrant troops. The impact on Americas large German community was devastating. But there is much more to the story than that. Drawing for the