Brig. Gen.J.E.B. Stuart led a brigade_sized mixed force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery to protect a foraging expedition in the vicinity of Dranesville, Virginia. UnionBrig. Gen.Edward O.C. Ord, advancing on the Georgetown Pike, encountered Stuart's cavalry. Both sides deployed as more units arrived on the field, and a sharp firefight developed. Stuart withdrew in the mid-afternoon after ensuring that his wagons were safely in the rear.
Sketch of the Affair at Dranesville, Va. Matz, Otto H., 1895
Source
CWSAC Battle Summaries, National Park Service (http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm)
External Links
History of the Dranesville, VA Area (Includes Information About the Battle) (http://www.troop1018.org/History/history-dranesville.htm)
Inthis battle the Third supported Kern's Battery, and at dark was liotly engaged, relieving the exhausted troops in front whose ammunition was;spent, and dealing destruction upon the confused and now broken masses of the enemy.
The field on which the battle was to be fought, consisted of a plateau extending from the bluffs of the river to a range of heavily wooded heights, commencing on the Rappalhannock above Fredericksburg, and extending to the valley of Massaponax, a distance of four or five miles, its greatest width being two miles.
Scarcely were the troops in battle order, before the enemy opened upon them with a number of batteries that continued to play without intermission until noon, when two of their caissons were blown up, which caused a temporary abandonment of their guns.
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