[H] Battle at Trevillian Station--First Day [++AI] (506-640611) - WDS Campaign Overland
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| Turns: | 36 |
| Type: | Custom |
| First Side: | CSA |
| Second Side: | Union |
June 11-12, 1864. The Battle at Trevillian Station was the largest all-cavalry engagement of the Civil War. Fought over two days, it was, in the words of one participant, "pure and simple, a cavalry duel". On the strategic level, General Phil Sheridan and his Yankee troopers embarked on the raid to divert General Lee's attention from Grant's impending move across the James River following the stalemate at Cold Harbor. Tactically, Sheridan was to destroy the important rail depots at Gordonsville and Charlottesville and link up at the latter place with Union forces from the Shenadoah Valley. The plan was then to return east, destroying as much of the Virginia Central Railroad as possible. Correctly guessing Sheridan's objectives, two divisions of Confederate Cavalry under Maj. General Wade Hampton and Maj. General Fitzugh Lee quickly moved to intercept the Yankee troopers. Two days later, the mounted forces met just west of Louisa Courthouse near Trevillian Station. This scenario finds the horsemen in their respective positions at dawn on June 11th.
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