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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.

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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.
The increasingly popular Civil War reenactments have expanded in recent years beyond a core group of male Civil War military buffs to include many women who will be present in the "civilian camp" at Brandy Station in period costume offering demonstrations of many period domestic activities.
 
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