NJCWRT Presents: The Battles of Rappahannock Station and Kelly’s Ford, November 7, 1863

Program Type:

Adult, Education

Age Group:

Adults
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Contrary to popular belief, the Eastern Theater during the late summer and fall of 1863 was anything but inconsequential. In September 1863 the post-Gettysburg stalemate between Lee and Meade dissolved as each transferred parts of their armies to the battlegrounds around Chattanooga. Lee’s early October offensive drove Meade backwards 46 miles toward Washington, but came to grief at Bristoe Station in a bloody clash with Meade’s rearguard. Unable to supply his troops so far north, Lee pulled back to Culpeper County, destroying the Orange & Alexandria railroad as he withdrew to slow the Union pursuit.