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Image: Map showing a battle ground at Kelly's Ford, Virginia, 17 March 1863

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Description: Map shows the area surrounding Kellysville, Virginia, 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.
Title: Map showing a battle ground at Kelly's Ford, Virginia, 17 March 1863
Credit: This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's National Digital Library Program under the digital ID gvhs01.vhs00130. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
Author: Robert Knox Sneden
Permission: This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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