Life span: 01/28/1821 to 07/19/1870TabsLife SummaryFull name: William Thomas Harbaugh BrooksPlace of Birth: New Lisbon, OHBurial Place: Huntsville, ALBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: Alme Drake (wife)Education: West Point (US Military Academy)Occupation: MilitaryFarmer or PlanterRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 04/27/1863 04/30/1863 The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee 05/01/1863 05/01/1863 Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia 05/02/1863 05/02/1863 "Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville 05/03/1863 05/03/1863 Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville 05/05/1863 05/06/1863 The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville 06/09/1863 06/09/1863 The War Department sets up two new Army Departments for the defense of Pennsylvania Documents Images William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks, detail Bibliography