Table of contents for Brandy Station : a battle like none other / by Richard E. Crouch.

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1. Introduction                                      1
2. Brandy Station - The Setting                      7
3. Brandy Station - Before                              13
4. Why This Battle                                      15
5. The March To Contact                                 19
      A Formidable Cavalcade                           22
      Stuart's Forces                                  23
6. The Surprise Attack at Beverly Ford                  25
      Charges of 12th and 35th at Beverly              37
      Troop Dispositions at Beverly                    38
      Stuart Joins the Fight and the Lancers Charge  40
      Lancers And Regulars Charge The Guns             43
      Some Significant Messages                        46
7. The Second Prong and the Confederate Rear         59
8. South of the Railroad                                63
9. General Stuart Second-Pronged                        67
10. Fighting on Fleetwood                               71
      The Lone Gun                                     71
      Jones Ordered To Fleetwood                       73
      Ill-Prepared Charge of 12th and 35th             73



11. The Crucial, Bloody Hilltop                       75
12. Fleetwood's Crest Changes Hands                   77
      Comanches Counter-Charge                        78
13. At a Place Called Stevensburg                     81
14. Back and Forth on Fleetwood's Crest               87
15. Charges, Confusion And Dust                       91
      Comanches vs. Cannon                            95
16. Kilpatrick's Charge                               99
17. Brandy Station: What Happened When                107
      A Lee Letter                                    107
      What Was When and Where                         107
18. In the Thick of the Fight at Mid-Day              109
      Artillery Duel                                  111
19. The Moment of Crisis                              117
      Tommy Hoskins Writes Home                       119
      Hampton and Lomax and the Last Charges          121
      The Losses                                      129
20. Holding Buford's Force in Check                   131
      Significance of the Northern Fights             136
21. Aftermath                                         141
22. Brandy Station - Afterward                        145
23. The Myth and Reality of The Gray Infantry         147
24. General Lee on the Perilous Field                 159
25. And Yes, There Was a Grand Review                 161



26. Less Grand Review for General Lee                  169
27. Conclusion, Lessons and Commentary                 175
28. The Union Cavalry and Its Making                   183
29. Why The Southern Cavalry Was Not Braver            187
30. Brandy Station and the Grand Strategy ofthe.War:
      Pleasonton's Intelligence Achievements           189

                       Appendices

A. The Matter of Botts                                 199
B. The Matter of Duffie                                201
C. The Matter of Munford                               207
D. Fairness to General Robertson                       211
E. Special Appendix - Farley Before Stevensburg        223
F. A Closer Look at the Battle: A Comparison of
      Reports and Accounts                            225
Bibliography                                           279
Index                                                 285