Maps of cavalry engagements at Aldie, Brandy Station, and Upperville, Va., 1863. 1863 June 9, 17, and 23.

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Maps of cavalry engagements at Aldie, Brandy Station, and Upperville, Va., 1863. 1863 June 9, 17, and 23.

The maps depict cavalry engagements between Jeb Stuart and Alfred Pleasonton at Aldie, Brandy Station, and Upperville. Union and Confederatetroops and their movement are represented by varying colors.

3 : col. ; on sheets 20 x 25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7922093

University of Virginia. Library

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Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...

Koerber, V. E. von.

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Pleasonton, Alfred, 1824-1897

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Pleasonton was born in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 1824. He was the son of Stephen and Mary Hopkins Pleasonton. Stephen was well known at the time of Alfred's birth. During the War of 1812, as a U.S. State Department employee, he saved crucial documents in the National Archives from destruction by the British invaders of Washington, including the original Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. As Fifth Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, Stephen Pleasonton was de facto superintendent ...