Kelly's Ford

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(Kelly's Ford)

Kellyï¿½s Ford

March 17, 1863
Also known as: Kellysville
Culpeper County, VA
Campaign: Chancellorsville Campaign

Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, USA
Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, CSA

Each side had much of a cavalry division, totaling about 3,000 men.

There were about 200 casualties all told.

Kellyï¿½s Ford was one of the early larger scale cavalry fights in Virginia that set the stage for Brandy Station and cavalry actions of the Gettysburg campaign. Twenty-one hundred troopers of Averellï¿½s cavalry division crossed the Rappahannock River to attack the Confederate cavalry. Fitzhugh Lee counterattacked with a brigade of about 800 men. The ï¿½Gallantï¿½ Pelham was killed. After achieving a localized success, Union forces withdrew in mid-afternoon.

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