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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CT_the-battle-of-brandy-station_Brandy-Station-VA.html
Failing to break through Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederates at St. James Church, Brig. Gen. John Buford swung his force north and west to turn the Confederate left flank. Confederate Brig. Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, son of Rober…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CS_the-battle-of-brandy-station_Elkwood-VA.html
Both Union and Confederate armies used horse artillery to assist cavalry. When firing erupted at Beverly Ford on the morning of June 9, 1863, Major Robert F. Beckham's battalion of Confederate horse artillery (16 guns and some 500 men) was encampe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CL_the-battle-of-brandy-station_Elkwood-VA.html
Rivers and river crossings played an important role in many Civil War battles, including the Battle of Brandy Station. A mile northwest of this spot is the site of Beverly Ford, where the cavalry of both the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CG_the-battle-of-brandy-station_Elkwood-VA.html
On June 9, 1863, the Civil War visited the river fords, farmer's fields and rolling hills near Brandy Station. During the intense daylong fighting that swirled all around the little town, Confederate and Union horsemen clashed in the largest caval…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BU_the-battle-of-brandy-station_Brandy-Station-VA.html
Several hundred yards behind you, in the copse of trees, is the site of the St. James Church. Union soldiers tore down the small brick structure for materials to make their quarters during the winter of 1863-1864, when the Army of the Potomac wint…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BT_the-battle-of-brandy-station_Brandy-Station-VA.html
By 7 a.m. on June 9, Brig. Gen. John Buford had his Union troops in position. Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames Federal brigade of infantry straddled the Beverly Ford Road. To Ames' left (where the airport is now) was the 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BS_the-1863-64-winter-encampment_Elkwood-VA.html
The 1863-1864 winter encampment proved a busy time for the Army of the Potomac. "There was something fascinating about our winter city of 100,000 men," a staff officer recalled. "Many pleasant recollections cluster around the old camp at Brandy St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQ_the-1863-64-winter-encampment_Placerville-VA.html
On the night of December 1, 1863, following its unsuccessful advance against Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Mine Run Campaign, a cold and tired Army of the Potomac withdrew across the Rapidan River and returned to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BN_battle-of-brandy-station_Brandy-Station-VA.html
Confederate horsemen numbering 9500 under the command of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart were concentrated around Brandy Station in preparation of the upcoming raid into Pennsylvania - which would culminate at Gettysburg. The Federal army, being aware of the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14R_the-little-fork-rangers-monument_Rixeyville-VA.html
1861.Affectionately dedicated toThe Little Fork Rangers{Co. D, 4. Va. Cavalry.}For heroic deeds, and Patriotic devotion.1865.
Firm as the firmest where duty led,They hurried without falter;Bold as the boldest they fought and bled,The battled wo…