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Between the Rivers from The Inn at Kelly's Ford

"I Need Never Get Old" - Nathaniel Ratelliff. The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Brandy Station, occurred on June 9, 1863, and involved nearly 17,000 horsemen under Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and Union Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton. Amid rumors of a possible major Confederate offensive, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker (famous for "Hooker's Girls" and you know the rest of the story), commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, assigned a reconnaissance-in-force to Pleasonton's 11,000-man cavalry. Though the Confederates could claim the victory, the Battle of Brandy Station, remarked one Confederate, "made the Federal cavalry." Along with this new-found confidence, Union horsemen discovered the position of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Confederates were slipping west to the Shenandoah Valley on Lee's last great offensive, which would end a month later at Gettysburg. You're going to like this ride and Saturday we begin and end at the newly renovated Inn for lunch. The Pelham's (local hero) Pub downstairs invites us with outdoor seating and a grand vista of an equestrian meadow. Sympathizers of all causes welcome. John Wannen - Call (202)374-1523 or email john@wannen.com for the meaning of God or other answers to great riddles.
"Now of my fourscore years and ten, 70 will not come again. And take from 90 springs a half score, it only leaves me ten more."