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Article: Brandy Station an ill omen for rebel cavalry.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 13, 1996
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Although seldom mentioned today, the beginning of the Civil War's pivotal campaign, Gettysburg, took place a month before the gallant but catastrophic assault of George Pickett's and James Pettigrew's divisions against Union forces on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863.
And as the Southern army began its march north, the Northern commander - confused by fuzzy intelligence reports - brought on the greatest cavalry battle of the war, which also would be a turning point.
In mid-May, Gen. Robert E. Lee became convinced after the Southern victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville that an invasion into Pennsylvania might achieve political, logistical ...