Battle of Kelly's Ford

Battle of Kelly's Ford
Part of the American Civil War

Plan showing battleground and cavalry fight, March 17, 1863, Kelly's Ford, Virginia.
DateMarch 17, 1863 (1863-03-17)
Location
Culpeper County, Virginia
Fauquier County, Virginia
Result Inconclusive[1]
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
William W. Averell Fitzhugh Lee
Strength
2,100 [2] 800 [2]
Casualties and losses
78 total
6 killed
50 wounded
22 missing		 133 total
11 dead
88 wounded
34 captured

The Battle of Kelly's Ford, also known as the Battle of Kellysville or Kelleysville,[3] took place on March 17, 1863, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the cavalry operations along the Rappahannock River during the American Civil War. It set the stage for Brandy Station and other cavalry actions of the Gettysburg Campaign that summer. Twenty-one hundred troopers of Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's Union cavalry division crossed the Rappahannock to attack the Confederate cavalry that had been harassing them that winter. Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee counterattacked with a brigade of about 800 men. After achieving a localized success, Union forces withdrew under pressure in late afternoon, without destroying Lee's cavalry.

  1. ^ U.S. National Park Service, Heritage Preservation Services, CWSAC Battle Summaries; Kelly's Ford or Kellysville, Retrieved May 8, 2014.
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