This artwork by American painter and storyteller Keith Rocco depicts the morning attack of the 8th Illinois Cavalry at Brandy Station. Noted historian Bud Hall provided the following commentary for...
This artwork by American painter and storyteller Keith Rocco depicts the morning attack of the 8th Illinois Cavalry at Brandy Station. Noted historian Bud Hall provided the following commentary for the piece: At first light on the morning of June 9, 1863, the Battle of Brandy Station was inaugurated when General John Buford’s “Right Wing”—comprised of 6000 troopers and 1500 infantrymen approached Beverly’s Ford with orders to “disperse and destroy” enemy troopers situated in Culpeper County....