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Gettysburg Campaign
John Mosby Hwy,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
38° 58' 30.980352",
-77° 40' 3.627948"
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Virginia State Historical Marker |
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In June 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through Blue Ridge gaps to the Shenandoah Valley, Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry screened the army from Federal observation. The Union cavalry chief, Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, dispatched Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg to penetrate Stuart's screen. On 17 June, Gregg ordered Col. Alfred A. N. Duffi‚ to reconnoiter from Aldie to Middleburg. Duffi‚ drove off Confederate pickets there, alerting Stuart. Duffi‚ withdrew south of Middleburg, but Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson's brigade surrounded and almost wiped out Duffi‚'s command before it escaped the next morning.
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