Pleasonton launched a surprise dawn attack on Stuart's cavalry at Brandy Station, and after an all-day fight in which fortunes changed repeatedly, the Federals retired without discovering Gen. Robert E. Lee's infantry camped near Culpeper.
Pleasonton launched a surprise dawn attack on Stuart's cavalry at Brandy Station. The Federals retired without discovering Gen. Robert E. Lee's infantry camped near Culpeper. This was after an all-day fight in which fortunes changed repeatedly.