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Brandy Station

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Brandy Station, small trading center, Culpeper co., Va. It was the scene of the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War (also called the battle of Fleetwood Hill), fought June 9, 1863. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's Union cavalry surprised Confederate Gen. Jeb Stuart's cavalry and fought a hard battle before the approach of Confederate infantry forced a withdrawal across the Rappahannock. This engagement was followed by the Gettysburg campaign Gettysburg campaign, June–July, 1863, series of decisive battles of the U.S. Civil War. The Road to Gettysburg


After his victory in the battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate general Robert E. Lee undertook a second invasion of the North.
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The horses and riders strode into the McGills arena two-by-two, calm and confident, following the cavalry drill book, answering to the same commands issued in 1863 at Brandy Station and at Little Big Horn in 1876.
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He witnessed 14 engagements and also fought alongside another German, Heros von Borcke, at Brandy Station.
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A large painting depicts BG Marsena Randolph Patrick, Provost Marshal of the Army of the Potomac, standing at his Brandy Station headquarters, with General Meade's headquarters in the distance.
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