![Plan shewing [sic] battle ground and cavalry fight, 17th March 1863, Kelly's Ford, Virginia](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvcGxhbi1zaGV3aW5nLXNpYy1iYXR0bGUtZ3JvdW5kLWFuZC1jYXZhbHJ5LWZpZ2h0LTE3dGgtbWFyY2gtMTg2My1rZWxseXMtZm9yZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/381/jpg "Plan shewing [sic] battle ground and cavalry fight, 17th March 1863, Kelly's Ford, Virginia")
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Plan shewing [sic] battle ground and cavalry fight, 17th March 1863, Kelly's Ford, Virginia
Summary
Map shows the area surrounding Kellysville, Va., and Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River. On March 17, 1863, this was the site of a cavalry skirmish between Confederate forces under Fitzhugh Lee and Jeb Stuart, who were trying to defend the route to Brandy Station, and Union forces under Gen. W. W. Averell.
Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
Relief shown by hachures.
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In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 222).
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