Qualla: Battle of Brandy Station https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/b/e/battle-of-brandy-station-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Brandy Station https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station Battle of Brandy Station: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station/ Photo credit Possibly James Gardner / Possibly Timothy H. O'Sullivan / Formerly attributed to Mathew Benjamin Brady, CC0. Three days before the fighting, J.E.B. Stuart staged a spectacle. Nearly 9,000 Confederate cavalrymen charged in simulated battle across the fields near Brandy Station, Virginia, sabers flashing, horse artillery booming, all for the benefit of Robert E. Lee. Lee missed the first show, so Stuart ran it again on June 8, 1863. Newspaper reporters grumbled that Stuart was feeding his ego and exhausting the horses. The next morning, 11,000 Union troops crossed the Rappahannock River in a dense fog, and the largest cavalry engagement in American history erupted across the same fields where Stuart had just been parading.

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/b/e/battle-of-brandy-station-wp/dqbe-battle-of-brandy-station-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Brandy Station: The Road to Gettysburg Begins Here https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station/ Photo credit New York Public Library, Public domain. By early June 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was massing in Culpeper County after its victory at Chancellorsville. Lee's troops were hungry, poorly equipped, and preparing to carry the war north into Pennsylvania, where they could seize horses, supplies, and food...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/b/e/battle-of-brandy-station-wp/dqbe-battle-of-brandy-station-the-road-to-gettysburg-begins-here.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Brandy Station: Dawn at Beverly's Ford https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. At 4:30 a.m. on June 9, Buford's column splashed across the Rappahannock in fog so thick the Confederate pickets barely had time to react. Jones's brigade scrambled to the fight partially dressed, some riding bareback. Colonel Benjamin F. Davis led the Union advance but was kille...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/b/e/battle-of-brandy-station-wp/dqbe-battle-of-brandy-station-dawn-at-beverlys-ford.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Brandy Station: The Fight for Fleetwood Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station/ Photo credit Muhranoff, CC BY-SA 4.0. Gregg's wing was supposed to cross at Kelly's Ford simultaneously, but delays cost two hours. When his lead brigade under Colonel Percy Wyndham finally reached Brandy Station around 11 a.m., the Confederates were stunned. Fleetwood Hill, which had served as Stuart's headquarters ...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/b/e/battle-of-brandy-station-wp/dqbe-battle-of-brandy-station-the-fight-for-fleetwood-hill.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Brandy Station: A Victory That Stung https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station/ Photo credit James Gardner, Public domain. By sunset, the ten-hour battle was over. Union casualties totaled 907; Confederate losses came to 523. Among the wounded was Lee's own son, Rooney, shot in the thigh and later captured while recovering at a plantation near Hanover Court House. Stuart claimed victory because he he...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/b/e/battle-of-brandy-station-wp/dqbe-battle-of-brandy-station-a-victory-that-stung.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Brandy Station: Hallowed Ground Preserved https://qualla.com/battle-of-brandy-station/ Photo credit Robert Kennicott, CC BY-SA 4.0. The fields where those cavalrymen clashed have faced threats of a different kind. Developers proposed turning the battlefield into an office park and later a racetrack. The Brandy Station Foundation, formed by local citizens, fought both plans and grew to over 400 members. The Am...

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