The following spring , the ship resumed activity on the Rappahannock hoping to support the Union Army 's new offensive ; .
Again Lee adroitly bested the Northern commander , now General Joseph Hooker , and won an all - but - decisive victory at Chancellorsville .
The following spring , the ship resumed activity on the Rappahannock hoping to support the Union Army 's new offensive ; but again Lee adroitly bested the Northern commander , now General Joseph Hooker , and won an all - but - decisive victory at Chancellorsville .