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    The Battle of Yellow Tavern was fought on May 11, 1864, as part of the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip...
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    J. E. B. Stuart (category Army of Northern Virginia)
    an offensive to defeat Stuart, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Stuart was born at Laurel Hill Farm, a plantation in Patrick County...
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    Gus W. Dorsey (category Dorsey family of Maryland)
    When famed cavalry commander J. E. B. Stuart was shot at the Battle of Yellow Tavern and mortally wounded, he fell into Dorsey's arms. G. W. Dorsey...
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  • Dorsey family (category Province of Maryland)
    at Andersonville Prisoner of War camp. Another Gus W. Dorsey was there when JEB Stuart was shot at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. "Confederate Veteran". 1909...
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    Wesley Merritt (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
    lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his actions at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, the engagement in which Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen...
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  • Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following their victory at the Battle of Yellow Tavern on May 11, Union cavalry under Maj...
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    Overland Campaign (category Battles commanded by Ulysses S. Grant)
    commander Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern (May 11). In a raid attempting to destroy the Virginia Central...
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    Campaign, including the Battle of the Wilderness (after which Custer ascended to division command), and the Battle of Yellow Tavern (where J.E.B. Stuart...
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    Philip Sheridan (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
    Campaign Sheridan's Richmond Raid, including the Battles of Yellow Tavern and Meadow Bridge Routes of Federal and Confederate cavalry to Trevilian Station...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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    entire command of 10,000 cavalrymen departed the following day. They engaged with (and mortally wounded) Stuart at the Battle of Yellow Tavern on May 11,...
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    James H. Wilson (category American volunteer soldiers of the Spanish–American War)
    became one of the few Union commanders to defeat Confederate cavalier Nathan Bedford Forrest in battle. He achieved this feat at the Battle of Franklin...
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    and forced Lee's Confederates to fall back repeatedly. At the Battle of Yellow Tavern, the Confederates lost Jeb Stuart. An attempt to outflank Lee from...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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    inconclusive Battle of Yellow Tavern (May 11) and then continued their raid toward Richmond, leaving Grant and Meade without the "eyes and ears" of their cavalry...
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    1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from Massachusetts)
    Squirrel Church, Ashland, and Battle of Yellow Tavern May 11. Brooks' Church, or Richmond Fortifications, May 12. Line of the Pamunkey May 26–28. Totopotomoy...
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    Williams Carter Wickham (category Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Virginia)
    in command of what became known as Wickham's brigade of Fitzhugh Lee's division. On May 11, 1864, he fought at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Maj. Gen....
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  • order of battle Cold Harbor Confederate order of battle Gordon C. Rhea, The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12...
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    Fitzhugh Lee (category American military personnel of the Spanish–American War)
    mortal wounding of Gen. Stuart at the Battle of Yellow Tavern and Lee's inability to break through the United States Colored Troops' defense of Fort Pocahontas...
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    led to the fall of Richmond. Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded in Henrico County at the Battle of Yellow Tavern on May 12, 1864....
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    Hampton S. Thomas (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    their brigade to the Union's Overland Campaign, fighting in the Battle of Yellow Tavern (May 11), a key engagement in which Confederate general J.E.B....
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    Wade Hampton III (category University of South Carolina alumni)
    killed at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Hampton escorted Lee's withdrawal to Richmond, fighting at the Battle of North Anna and the Battle of Haw's Shop before...
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    The Battle of Paoli, also known as the Battle of Paoli Tavern or the Paoli Massacre, was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary...
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    Texas Jack Omohundro (category People of Virginia in the American Civil War)
    Army of Northern Virginia, and was soon serving directly in general J. E. B. Stuart's command as a courier and scout. At the Battle of Yellow Tavern, he...
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    Warwick Beauregards (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia)
    Martin Walker) Battle of Fredericksburg Bermuda Hundred campaign (Howlett Line) Battle of Yellow Tavern (Brook Turnpike Rd) Battle of Cold Harbor (Henry...
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    on the United States in July 1864 during the Battle of Monocacy near Frederick, Maryland and the Battle of Fort Stevens outside the U.S. capital city,...
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    Alexander Calvin Elliott (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    included the Battle of Todd's Tavern (May 7); Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, which included the Battle of Yellow Tavern (May 11)...
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    5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan)
    responsible for the death of Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart; during the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Private John A. Huff of Company E shot and mortally...
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    Henry Clay Pate (category Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War)
    Battle of Yellow Tavern. He had been charged by General J. E. B. Stuart to hold his position until reinforcements arrived. During the second wave of the...
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    Heros von Borcke (category Prussian people of the Austro-Prussian War)
    resume staff duties in the spring of 1864, and was present at Yellow Tavern in which General Stuart was killed. In December of that year, he was promoted again...
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