The Battle of Buckland Mills, also known as The Buckland Races or Chestnut Hill, was fought on October 19, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War.
Near Buckland Mills, on Broad Run, Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. J.E.B.
Stuart, with Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton's cavalry division, were covering Gen. Robert E. Lee's retirement from his defeat at Bristoe to the Rappahannock River.
Kilpatrick was routed, fleeing five miles to Haymarket and Gainesville.
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