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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox settlement Brandy Station is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States.[1] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 191.[2] Its original name was Brandy. The name Brandy Station comes from a local tavern sign that advertised brandy.[3]

Brandy Station was the site of the 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil War as well as the largest to take place ever on American soil.[4]

Auburn, Farley, and the Graffiti House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

Culpeper Regional Airport is located on Beverly Ford Road in Brandy Station.

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Generals George Meade, John Sedgwick and Robert O. Tyler along with staff officers at the horse artillery headquarters in Brandy Station, Virginia, February 1864.
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General Rufus Ingalls and other officers in Brandy Station, Virginia, April 1864.

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  4. Brandy Station Foundation Шаблон:Webarchive. Of the 20,500 men engaged, approximately 3,000 were Union infantrymen. The Battle of Trevilian Station in 1864 was the largest all-cavalry battle of the war. According to the American Civil War Battlefield Preservation Trust Шаблон:Webarchive Brandy Station was the largest battle of its kind on American soil.
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