Lee begins moving his army northwest from …
Years: 1863 - 1863
June
Lee begins moving his army northwest from Fredericksburg into the Shenandoah Valley, where the Blue Ridge Mountains screen their northward movements.
Joseph Hooker, still in command of the Army of the Potomac, sends cavalry forces to find Lee.
The clash at Brandy Station on June 9 is the largest predominantly cavalry battle of the war but ends inconclusively.
Joseph Hooker, still in command of the Army of the Potomac, sends cavalry forces to find Lee.
The clash at Brandy Station on June 9 is the largest predominantly cavalry battle of the war but ends inconclusively.
Locations
People
- A. P. Hill
- Alfred Pleasonton
- J.E.B. Stuart
- James Longstreet
- Joseph Hooker
- Richard Stoddert Ewell
- Robert E. Lee
- Ulysses S. Grant
Groups
- Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.)
- Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Confederate States of America (C.S.A.)
Topics
- American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence)
- Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
- Gettysburg Campaign
- Brandy Station, Battle of
