Battle of Kelly's Ford

March 17, 1863 · Culpeper County

Result Inconclusive

Union cavalry under William Averell crossed the Rappahannock and fought Fitzhugh Lee's Confederate cavalry. The Confederate artillery officer John Pelham was killed, and the Union cavalry showed new confidence.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Fitzhugh Lee military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 2,100c. 2,100
Casualties: 78
Killed: 66
Wounded: 5050
Missing: 2222

Strength: 800c. 800
Casualties: 133
Killed: 11
Deaths: 11
Wounded: 8888
Captured: 34
Missing: 34