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Article: The great cavalry clash at Brandy Station; A classic, all-mounted confrontation.(SATURDAY)(THE CIVIL WAR)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2002
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Byline: Richard E. Crouch, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The huge fight at Brandy Station, Va., with about 10,000 horsemen on each side, was the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War.It was also a classic all-mounted fight, in which the troopers put away their firearms (for fear of shooting the wrong person in the dusty melee) and hacked at each other with cold steel.
This great riot on June 9, 1863, regarded as the opening fight of the Gettysburg campaign, also included some desperate dismounted combat with rifles and carbines, a face-in-the-dirt experience grimly foreshadowing World War II
When Union Gen. Alfred Pleasanton brought nearly ...