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Middleburg Battlefield in Loudoun County, Virginia

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Visit Civil War-era buildings and a brand-new historic park at the heart of this little-known cavalry battlefield.

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The Battle of Middleburg was fought on June 17 and 19, 1863 between Union cavalry commanded by Col. Alfred N. Duffié and Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg and Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart in Loudoun County, Virginia during the American Civil War. This inconclusive skirmish immediately followed the Battle of Aldie and was part of the Gettysburg Campaign. It resulted in approximately 250 total casualties.

On June 1, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia slipped away from the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, and headed north to invade Pennsylvania. Lee entrusted his cavalry commander, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, to screen his army’s movement from the enemy. Stuart’s cavalry fanned out across the Loudoun Valley in northern Virginia.

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3 responses to “Middleburg Battlefield in Loudoun County, Virginia”

  1. Gettysburg Campaign – Upperville, June 21, 1863 – M.A. Kleen Avatar
    Gettysburg Campaign – Upperville, June 21, 1863 – M.A. Kleen

    […] June 17 to 19, 1863, Union and Confederate cavalry clashed inconclusively at the battles of Middleburg and Aldie. On June 21st, Union cavalry made another attempt to break through Confederate Maj. Gen. […]

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    Gettysburg Campaign – Middleburg, June 19, 1863 – M.A. Kleen

    […] June 19, 1863, Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry and artillery was positioned west of Middleburg on a hill called ‘Mount Defiance’. Union Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg was determined to dislodge […]

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  3. Gettysburg Campaign – Middleburg, June 17, 1863 – M.A. Kleen Avatar
    Gettysburg Campaign – Middleburg, June 17, 1863 – M.A. Kleen

    […] deep into enemy territory. Duffie and his troopers stumbled upon J.E.B. Stuart’s headquarters in Middleburg the afternoon of June 17, 1863 and sent Stuart and his staff running for the hills. Duffie, perhaps […]

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