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Aldie

June 17, 1863
Loudoun County, VA
Campaign: Gettysburg Campaign (June-August 1863)

Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, USA
Col. Thomas Munford, CSA

Each side had several brigades engaged.

There were about 250 total casualties.

Stuart’s cavalry screened the Confederate infantry as it marched north behind the sheltering Blue Ridge. The pursuing Federals of Kilpatrick’s brigade, in the advance of Gregg’s division, encountered Munford’s troopers near the village of Aldie, resulting in four hours of stubborn fighting. Both sides made mounted assaults by regiments and squadrons. Kilpatrick was reinforced in the afternoon, and Munford withdrew toward Middleburg.

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