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Battle of Hanover (June 30, 1863), US Civil War

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Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32146655/james-roy-gordon

Pvt James Roy Gordon, (CSA) (1845 - 1923)
Company F "Essex Light Dragoons" of Essex County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.Residence was not listed. Enlisted on 3/27/...
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee (CSA) (1835 - 1905)
Fitzhugh Lee: November 19, 1835-April 18, 1905, b. Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, d. Fairfax County, Virginia, United StatesFitzhugh Lee was governor of Virginia 1886-1890. Parents: Sydney Sm...
Brig. General John Randolph Chambliss, Jr., (CSA) (1833 - 1864)
General John Randolph Chambliss, Jr. (CSA) General Chambliss was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate State...
Maj. General James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (CSA) (1833 - 1864)
The loss of this officer was irreparable, and was keenly felt by General Lee, who in General orders paid the following tribute to his memory:> Among the gallant soldiers who have fallen in this war, Ge...
Major General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, (USA) (1836 - 1881)
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile, and a failed politic...

The Battle of Hanover took place on June 30, 1863, in Hanover in southwestern York County, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry, which was riding north to get around the Union Army of the Potomac, attacked a Federal cavalry regiment, driving it through the streets of Hanover. Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth's brigade arrived and counterattacked, routing the Confederate vanguard and nearly capturing Stuart himself. Stuart soon counterattacked. Reinforced by Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's Michigan Brigade, Farnsworth held his ground, and a stalemate ensued. Stuart was forced to continue north and east to get around the Union cavalry, further delaying his attempt to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army, which was then concentrating at Cashtown Gap west of Gettysburg.