Bristoe Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
![]() George G. Meade and Robert E. Lee, commanding generals of the Bristoe Campaign | |||||||
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Units involved | |||||||
Army of the Potomac | Army of Northern Virginia | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
76,000[2] | 45,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4,815[a] |
The Bristoe Campaign was a series of minor battles fought in Virginia during October and November 1863, in the American Civil War.[4] Major general George G. Meade, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, began an unsuccessful attempt to defeat General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.[5] Lee countered with a turning movement. Not willing to do battle on ground he did not choose, Meade gradually withdrew his army back toward Centreville.[6] His object was to keep Lee from getting between his Union forces in Virginia and Washington, DC.[7]
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