Battle of Aldie

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Battle of Aldie
Part of the American Civil War
Cavalry fight near Aldie, Va., by Edwin Forbes
Date June 17, 1863 (1863-06-17) Location Loudoun County, Virginia 38°58′57″N 77°39′32″W / 38.9826°N 77.6588°W / 38.9826; -77.6588 Result Inconclusive[1]
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Judson Kilpatrick	Thomas T. Munford
Units involved
2nd and 4th New York Cavalry 6th Ohio Cavalry 1st Massachusetts Cavalry 1st Maine Cavalry 1st Rhode Island Cavalry	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Virginia Cavalry
Strength
2,000	1,500
Casualties and losses
305	110–119
class=notpageimage| Location of the battle in Virginia

The Battle of Aldie took place on June 17, 1863, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screened Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate infantry as it marched north in the Shenandoah Valley behind the sheltering Blue Ridge Mountains. The pursuing Union cavalry of Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's brigade, in the advance of Brig. Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg's division, encountered Col. Thomas T. Munford's troopers near the village of Aldie, resulting in four hours of stubborn fighting. Both sides made mounted assaults by regiments and squadrons. Kilpatrick was reinforced in the afternoon, and Munford finally withdrew toward Middleburg.