Brandy Station News

By the second year of the Civil War, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry was already legendary thanks to its daring deeds.

After the major cavalry battle at Brandy Station, Va., Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee dispatched a sizable column of soldiers from the Army of Northern Virginia to scatter Union rivals from the Shenandoah Valley.

This past Saturday , my buddy Brian and I had the privilege of attending a tour of the Brandy Station battlefield to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle.

JUNE 12, 1863 - By now, nearly the entire Army of Northern Virginia is on the march north, moving into the Shenandoah Valley and approaching the fords of the Potomac River.

On June 9, 1863 at 4:30 a.m. the largest cavalry battle of the American Civil War; the Battle of Brandy Station began.

While Union forces were besieging points along the lower Mississippi River, Confederate Gen.

Union forces 150 weeks ago during the Civil War continued raining cannon shot and rifle fire down Confederates ensconced behind defensive works at Port Hudson, Louisiana For 48 days the siege of the enemy garrison at Port Hudson would go on even as Union forces sought to dislodge Confederates defending Vicksburg, Mississippi In May and June of ... (more)