The largest encounter so far in the invasion of Pennsylvania took place in and around the small York County town of Hanover. Here, Stuart's Confederate cavalry collided with the rearguard unit of General Kilpatrick's cavalry division, the 18th Pennsylvania. Both sides brought up reinforcements and thousands of horsemen were engaged. Fighting was heavy, including in the town streets, before Stuart pulled away for York and Carlisle. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Edward Longacre, The Cavalry at Gettysburg: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations during the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign, 9 June-14 July 1863 (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1993), 172-177.
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Battles/Soldiers
