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Bristoe Station (1863)
 
War:   American Civil War
 
Date(s):   14 Oct 1863
 
Location:   Prince William County, Virginia, US
 
Outcome:   Union victory
 
Principal   Commanders:   Confederate: Ambrose P. Hill
 
Description:   Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren, USA Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill, CSA Each side had a corps. Casualties were around 2,000 total. On October 14, A.P. Hill’s corps stumbled on two Corps of the retreating Union army at Bristoe Station and attacked without proper reconnaissance. Union soldiers of the II Corps, posted behind the Orange & Alexandria Railroad embankment, mauled two brigades of Henry Heth’s four-brigade division, counterattacked, and captured several hundred men and a battery of artillery. Hill reinforced his line but could make little headway against the determined defenders, who had better positions and superior numbers.


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