The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
brandy station.
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n 1ofWIruB lSfenefHl iJ ones VI tit
rived from the Valley, md al,out I. thu Y.
Ruhme tiino Isoberlson,sBb brigade came from
North Carolina, about doubling sttnrtS
Ba force SO he arranged \ for nnotl icr4 req
Y view on the 9Th of June, cxr,cctili Gem
}}GPernl III 70. Leo Ito be present General
&1sce was rot present, ~ but tile review
Y was had, and 4 b wonderful pageant Il
wits. Eight fs thousand ca valry N rassed
under tic eye OF the great caVair ~ cpri-s
inander3 In coltirnnAof sl.NdrOfis, first ut 1
q slow walk; Il and tlien Hat n The charge
while TIE guns8of q tho ghrt illery bnt talon
Il thundprelK forth from the crest ofS the
s8liili opposite tho reviewing stand. The
stblrst for $pol1pi Hnnd circumstance OF
war was probnbl full ~ sati shed ly the
sights OF the Ssdny, Il but two ID VS. lntcrf
general wished ITO review the cavalry OF
ii his army on tho following 3dtiy M IN n Sg{
And 30 II was that OH tho 9Th 81 . uneI
Estie splendid cavalry Oh Il the Army OF
Northern Virginia pissed iii review be-
fore the great lcader, but there was not
30 much display as on the occasion Of
tile review two t1a 81 earl Ter, for General
+ Lee, with that careful regard for flB$
4 men would not allow the caxn To take
ono gnllop and would mot permit the mr. =
f tllerymen To work their guns. He knew
III they would soon have serious work toy Do
AZ Tile movement into Petinsy vafia had a M
\ reality commenced. Longstrset was all
ready Ut Culpeper, and General Lee de-
sired his cnvnlry to protcct g the n iankf
Eof these corps ns they mo ved tiort ward
ut &s hardly possible that General Lee zee
expected n battle on the reYic Wing ilcid
tho following day. ri y 5.$$
Movement Of Troops.
q on the afternoon Of the 81 thu General
y Fltz Lees brigade. commanded by Colonel ]
~ n. Munfori, was, with the excepti oii 4
n ia ' Fourth virginia cavalry. moved
acrf,ss Hazel River and en- catnped mt 4
Oak Shade which Is about eight miles
& TO- tho tlorthwest OF Brandy, and on the
9$oppoyi te # bank of the Ttappnhhnnpck.&
Y General w. II. T.. "A Rooney Lee brit
4 sade was stationed near " ford 81 house, "a
three miles northwest 81 Brandy - Gem
eral Jones' on tho Beverly y Ford Road
about the same distance from Brand VI
to the north, while r obertaorl g bri gndeS
! encainpcd between tho Bolts and Bar
8sbour farms, NJ iii the iminediat to vicinity Of
Brandy Station. III. III ~ 5l rs h Y III,
IA & battery OF horse artillery was cent
across tho Hazel RlverEwith General N un5
ford. while the remaining four accom-
panied Joncs's Brigade TO- tho &viclnit Of
St.sJames Church, not two miles from
brandy as the GROW flies
All the brigade commanders had orders
to move early on the morning Of he 9th.$
General stuart and Ills stan fiyouacked
on tie night OF the stll on + etWood IA Ill,
20 called from tho name OF ! he resid encs
near By. Fleetwood Is north OF tho rail -g
road Vat Brandy. n cnr the residence Of
Hon. John r. Rixey, member OF Cong ress
from the Eighth Virginia District
Stuart had occupied this e hill ns head
quarters for some time. as It commanded
the open plain around Il In almost B every
direction ts ss3
4 The enemy was also making prcpara--$t
tions to move early on the following day.
I On the evening OF the 9Th General p leasa,,-Y
z ton approached the northern bank Of the
BRappnhannock with the Intention Of eff
fecling a crossing the next morning and
making ia reconnaissance In force ns 70 3
MS Culpeper for the purpose Of ascer tain q
Ing. for the benefit OF General Fl ooker,3
whether the rumor5t ha & General sLee w7la H
moving his army northWard d and vest
ward was true.
He divided his force Into two columns
i one OF which. consisting Of two cavalry
divisions and a. brigade OF Infantry, and
commanded by General p. AfcM. Ss Gregg. Il
was ordered to cross mt Kelly ~ ord b
about four; n miles below the railroad
bridge and the other. consisting OF 9
cavalry division and brigade OF caval-
5r,,nd or General John Buford. 81 was Or
5dercl to cross Mt Beyerly''s Ford, Q bout
4 mile and a half above Il the ailroad
bridge NO camp fires were Is hted BY
the Federals, and It is admitted that
their presence was 4 concealc ed from the
i Confederates. hi s.2 ~ 33}S
n First Skirmishes.
At dawn on the morning OF the eth.
Colonel B. r.. Davis. o. the Eighth New
York Cavalry. led his brigade across the
Rapparhannoc1s N at IL Beverly Ford, 6s al
though company a. Of the Sixth Wiz;
ginia Cavalry. which formed the picket
at the ford, stubbornly contested the adj
vance. which had TO be made in column
OF fonrs. owing to the narrowness Of
the road and the deep dtches which
cross the low grounds on either hand.
Y Tho picket was rapid ly pressed bnc
however, until It ched n the edge Of
the wood north Of ST. James Church..
when Major Tlournoy, com manding the
Sixth Virginia. collected I about q hum
dred men and charged down the $roald,
Although the Eighth illinois had come