Heading to Northern Virginia tomorrow for a speaking engagement, which means I should be able to make a quick stop at the Chancellorsville Battlefield on the drive up.
This battle enjoys a prominent place in Jeff Shaara's book Gods and Generals -- the prequel, if you will, to his father's Killer Angels, which formed the basis for the movie Gettysburg.
I realize that the dialogues in both books are characterizations (and thus speculation), but it all feels so very real. If you like a story told from multiple and conflicting angles, these books are for you. That said, Killer Angels is far and away the better read.