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First Battle of Auburn (view source)
Revision as of 03:10, December 11, 2010
, 03:10, December 11, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=First Battle of Auburn<br/><small>Catlett's Station, St. Stephen's Church</small> |image= |begin=October 13, 1863 |end=Same day |place=Fauquier County, Virginia..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=First Battle of Auburn<br/><small>Catlett's Station, St. Stephen's Church</small>
|image=
|begin=October 13, 1863
|end=Same day
|place=Fauquier County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Bristoe Campaign
|result=Inconclusive
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[William. H. French]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[J.E.B. Stuart]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=2 corps
|strength2=3 divisions
|casualties1=50 total US and CS
|casualties2=50 total US and CS
}}
After the retreat from Gettysburg, the Confederate army concentrated behind Rapidan River in Orange County. The Federals advanced to Rappahannock River in August, and in mid- September they pushed strong columns forward to confront Lee along the Rapidan. Early September, Lee dispatched two divisions of Longstreet’s Corps to reinforce the Confederate army in Georgia; the Federals followed suite, sending the XI and XII Corps to Tennessee by railroad in late September after the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20). Early October, Lee began an offensive sweep around Meade’s right flank with his remaining two corps, forcing the Federals to withdraw along the line of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. On October 13, Stuart, with Fitzhugh Lee and Lomax’s brigades, skirmished with the rearguard of the Union III Corps near Auburn. Finding himself cut off by retreating Federal columns, Stuart secreted his troopers in a wooded ravine until the unsuspecting Federals moved on. (''NPS summary'')
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[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=First Battle of Auburn<br/><small>Catlett's Station, St. Stephen's Church</small>
|image=
|begin=October 13, 1863
|end=Same day
|place=Fauquier County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Bristoe Campaign
|result=Inconclusive
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[William. H. French]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[J.E.B. Stuart]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=2 corps
|strength2=3 divisions
|casualties1=50 total US and CS
|casualties2=50 total US and CS
}}
After the retreat from Gettysburg, the Confederate army concentrated behind Rapidan River in Orange County. The Federals advanced to Rappahannock River in August, and in mid- September they pushed strong columns forward to confront Lee along the Rapidan. Early September, Lee dispatched two divisions of Longstreet’s Corps to reinforce the Confederate army in Georgia; the Federals followed suite, sending the XI and XII Corps to Tennessee by railroad in late September after the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20). Early October, Lee began an offensive sweep around Meade’s right flank with his remaining two corps, forcing the Federals to withdraw along the line of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. On October 13, Stuart, with Fitzhugh Lee and Lomax’s brigades, skirmished with the rearguard of the Union III Corps near Auburn. Finding himself cut off by retreating Federal columns, Stuart secreted his troopers in a wooded ravine until the unsuspecting Federals moved on. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Bristoe}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]