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Battle of Upperville
Other Names: None
Location: Loudoun County
Campaign: Gettysburg Campaign (June-July 1863)
Date(s): June 21,
1863
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton [US]; Brig.
Gen. Wade Hampton and Brig. Gen. Beverly Robertson [CS]
Forces Engaged: Divisions
Estimated Casualties: 400 total
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Description: On June 21, Union cavalry made a determined effort
to pierce Stuart’s cavalry screen. Hampton’s and Robertson’s brigades made a stand at Goose Creek, west
of Middleburg, and beat back Gregg’s division. Buford’s column detoured to attack the Confederate left flank near
Upperville but encountered William E. “Grumble” Jones’s and John R. Chambliss’s brigades while
J. I. Gregg’s and Kilpatrick’s brigades advanced on the Upperville from the east along the Little River Turnpike.
After furious mounted fighting, Stuart withdrew to take a strong defensive position in Ashby Gap, even as Confederate infantry
crossed the Potomac into Maryland. As cavalry skirmishing diminished, Stuart made the fateful decision to strike east and
make a circuit of the Union army as it marched toward Gettysburg.
Source: National Park Service
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