![]() Rebel Sabres / The Battle of Brandy Station 1863 Through dramatic reconstructions and eye-witness accounts, this documentary explores the 1863 Battle Of Brandy Station. DVD |
CIVIL WAR
The victorious Confederate Army of Northern Virginia streamed into Culpeper County after its victory at Fredericksburg. Under the leadership of General Robert E. Lee, the troops seemed invincible and massed around Culpeper preparing to carry the war north into Pennsylvania. These half-starved men had defeated armies twice their size at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, but the constant enemies of hunger and poor equipment were showing their effects. Lee was determined to strike north to capture horses, equipment, and food for his men. |
![]() Brandy Station, Virginia, June 9, 1863: The Largest Cavalry Battle of the Civil War Major General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker. Relieving the disgraced and outmatched Burnside, Hooker reorganized his troops, establishing regular drills, procuring adequate rations |
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| Officers and a woman at the Virginia headquarters of the First Brigade in Brandy Station, Virginia, 1864 Brandy Station Scouts |
![]() The Mutiny at Brandy Station by Frederick B. Arner the Last Battle of the Hooker Brigade A Controversial Army Reorganization Courts Martial And the Bloody Days That Followed |
THE MUTINY AT BRANDY STATION presents, in microcosm, the character and actions of men who served the United States Army of the Potomac in 1864. The story follows key players through the reorganization, the courts martial, and into the Wilderness using direct quotes from their diaries, memoirs, and reports as well as original transcripts of the trials. 78 black and white illustrations. |
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