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-What did 10,000 soldiers standing in a grand review look like?” said Della Edrington of the Brandy Station Foundation. “Then you think about the battle; with an additional 10,000 Federal soldiers coining and those men clashing on the battlefield. It must have been a horrific site.”
One of many battlefields in the Piedmont area, Brandy Station is a destination for visitors from around the world, all looking to re-imagine the past and pay tribute to their ancestors.
“You can read a book about a battlefield, but when you actually go to a battlefield and see what those men endured, it’s unbelievable,” said Mike Church, a member of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. “We rode the same route that Gen. John Buford took to get to this battle.”
jcpnsjrtc*" ing of 23 reenactors froifr' Ohio, Pennsylvania, and even Canada, rode 14 miles around Culpeper Friday. Even through extreme heat, the group stayed dedicated and recreated the calvary contest on the battlefield Sunday morning.
“Being on this site is rather moving because there will never be horse calvary like there was,” said Todd Keam, a reenactor with the Valley Light Horse Calvary out of Winchester. “Being at Brandy Station today on the anniversary of this huge fight is a nice place to be.”
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