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investigator for the Department of Defense Inspector General for six years. In addition to his work researching his book about the Battle of Brandy Station, McKinney enjoys horseback riding and fox hunting.
At his presentation for the Blue Ridge Civil War Round Table, McKinney will discuss the actions of the 6th Virginia Regiment on that confused morning at Brandy Station when Confederate horsemen were roused from their short night’s sleep.
They had had a review for their commanding general, Robert E. Lee, the day before that led to carousing late into the night for many. At the sound of gunshots early in the morning, they had flung themselves up on their horses, many as yet unsaddled.
These troopers collided in confusion with Buford’s leading brigade, managed to kill its leader, Colonel Benjamin F. “Grimes” Davis, at a bend in the Beverly’s Ford Road, and thus temporarily checked the Union progress.
As Buford regrouped and faced an attack on his right at Yew’s Hill, the second prong of the Union attack under Gregg swept up the south flank' of Fleetwood Hill, where J.E.B. Stuart ha^ jjjst hurriedly vacated his headquarters.
'Gregg’s forces, which included the hardcharging Judson “Kill Cavalry” Kilpatrick and the fiercesome Colonel George Armstrong Custer, swarmed into a hornets’ nest of Confederate cavalry. Whoever controlled this elevation would dominate the battlefield.
Commander-in-chief Robert E. Lee watched the action on Fleetwood from the top floor of the nearby Barbour House (now Beauregard) and at one point was nearly taken prisoner as a union detachment arrived to take advantage of the same vantage point.
In the thick of the fighting, Stuart attempted to rally his men as wave after wave of panicky horses circled the hilltop, plunging their riders into desperate close-action sword and pistol combat.
In his presentation, McKinney will explain the strategies and outcome of this closely fought and evenly pitched battle. He will also
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