On this day in the Civil War, Union Cavalry attack Confederate horsemen under General J.E.B. Stuart at the Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.

Almost 10,000 cavalry men take part in the battle, making it the largest cavalry engagement of the war.

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horses bayonets

 

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