Union cavalry captures the Culpeper railroad depot
September 13, 1863, Culpeper, Virginia.
- Date
- September 13, 1863
- Where
- Culpeper, Virginia
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 84 of 174
Custer's Michigan Brigade charged the Confederate position centered on the depot and took more than 100 prisoners and three guns. The victory opened the Culpeper region on the Orange and Alexandria to Federal control. The Army of the Potomac made its main winter encampment at Culpeper in 1863-64 and began the Overland Campaign from there.
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