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Excerpt from Battles in Culpeper County, Virginia, 1861-1865: And Other Articles The Federals had been for some time organizing a select body of men for cavalry service. By promotion from the infantry, for special merit and other wise, and by organization, drill, and discipline, they were bringing that body up to a high state of efficiency. The Confederates had always held them selves as greatly superior to the Federals in this branch of the service, and this seemed to have been conceded by them. At Brandy, for the first time, in an open field, with fair fight, with anything like equality of numbers, had they been able to maintain themselves against the superior dash and horse manship of the Southrons. But, when a few days thereafter, they met again at Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, it was apparent to the Confeder ates that the Federals had gained in moral, as well as in numbers and disci pline. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.