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back to Todd's Tavern. In the afternoon, Sheridan committed the Reserve Brigade, then under Gibbs, to the battle. Gibbs ordered the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry to probe Fitzhugh Lee's line and to dismount and the other regiments to dismount and drive the Confederates back. By dark, Lee's men had been
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advance toward Dinwiddie Court House. They then rallied with Custer's brigade about three-quarters of a mile from Dinwiddie. Pickett could not achieve a breakthrough before nightfall halted the battle. Both armies concentrated on defenses on March 31. Early on April 1, Pickett learned that Union
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learned of Sheridan's departure within hours and pursued his more than 10,000 Union cavalrymen with fewer than 5,000 troopers so as to leave General Robert E. Lee with cavalry support. On May 11, 1864, Stuart caught up to Sheridan at the
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2408:, New York: Bonnell, Silvers and Bowers,
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506:Suffolk, Peninsula, Bristoe, Mine Run
379:in the administrations of Presidents
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615:Overland Campaign; Trevilian Station
2297:, Columbus, Ohio: Edmund N. Hatcher
1830:Wittenberg, 2007, pp. 304–305
86:Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard,
1194:US Army Center of Military History
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2261:, Privately published, New York,
1782:Wittenberg, 2007, pp. 71–76
1001:was a noted mechanical engineer.
149:130th New York Volunteer Infantry
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2198:, New York: Hurst and Company,
2158:Boatner, Mark Mayo III (1988),
2068:Wilson, 2008, pp. 182–188
1716:(pbk.) Hardcover edition, 2002.
1190:"The Third Regiment of Cavalry"
926:On January 13, 1866, President
871:Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
565:brigade took part in Maj. Gen.
2431:Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 2.
2294:The Last Four Weeks of the War
1913:Bowen, 1900, pp. 219–223
1869:Bowen, 1900, pp. 210–211
1842:Bowen, 1900, pp. 202–203
1734:Bowen, 1900, pp. 172–180
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827:Richmond and Danville Railroad
619:As preparations began for the
579:Orange and Alexandria Railroad
236:1st Regiment New York Dragoons
219:United States Military Academy
16:Union Army general (1823–1868)
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2402:Tremain, Henry Edwin (1904),
2243:, Stanford University Press,
2077:Burr, 1890, pp. 283–284
1127:Stevens, John Austin (1873).
2384:Who Was Who in the Civil War
1346:Bowen, 1900, pp. 58–68
995:Guantanamo Bay Naval Station
669:and the forces of Maj. Gen.
469:Mesilla, San Agustin Springs
2516:United States Army officers
2453:Wittenberg, Eric J (2007),
2388:, New York: Facts On File,
1601:(pbk.). Hardcover ed., 1994
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718:Battle of Trevilian Station
252:Opequon or Third Winchester
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2176:Bowen, Rev. J. R (1900),
1773:Wittenberg, 2007, p. xvii
1743:Boatner, 1988 ed., p. 848
1522:The Civil War Dictionary.
1520:Boatner, Mark Mayo, III.
1033:American Civil War portal
921:7th United States Cavalry
823:Virginia Central Railroad
780:'s force under Maj. Gen.
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696:George Armstrong Custer's
547:11th Pennsylvania Cavalry
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2344:Rhea, Gordon C. (2005),
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2257:Gibbs, George V (1933),
2160:The Civil War Dictionary
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1524:New York: McKay, 1988.
637:Battle of Todd's Tavern
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283:Battle of Yellow Tavern
232:130th New York Infantry
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604:Army of the Shenandoah
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153:1st New York Dragoons
124:Years of service
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1200:on February 25, 2009
991:Spanish–American War
875:Battle of Five Forks
811:Winchester, Virginia
746:Battle of the Crater
711:Battle of Old Church
707:Battle of Haw's Shop
633:Alfred T. A. Torbert
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1988:Burr, 1890, p. 263
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1117:, pp. 172–173
1065:museum.dmna.ny.gov
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335:on April 9, 1865.
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1188:Morton, Charles.
1162:, January 2, 1856
1160:NY Herald Tribune
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799:Battle of Opequon
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195:Apache Wars
167:Apache Wars
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347:Early life
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256:Five Forks
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