The Battle of Gettysburg

The Story of Brandy station the largest cavalry battle ever fought on American soil Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War and is perhaps the most famous battle of that bloody and bitter conflict However only weeks before the cavalry forces of North and South had met in what would prove to be the largest cavalry engagement of the war the Battle of Brandy Station This is the dramatic story of that crucial battle a fight which would dispel the myth of the invincible Confederate cavalry foreverThis video features a magnificent reconstruction of the Battle of Brandy Station specially filmed in Virginia the largest cavalry reenactment ever staged in America Also featuring superb dramatised eyewitness accounts computer generated 3D mapping techniques plus delightful period imagery and photographs this programme provides an unforgettable record of a vital day in the American Civil War