Date:
- September 13, 1863
Location:
- Culpeper County, Virginia
Campaign:
- Actions between Gettysburg and Bristoe Campaigns
Principal Union commander(s):
- Major General Alfred Pleasonton
Principal Confederate commander(s):
- Major General J. E. B. Stuart
Union forces engaged:
- cavalry corps of three divisions of the Army of the Potomac
Confederate forces engaged:
- cavalry corps of two divisions of the Army of Northern Virginia
Number of Union soldiers engaged:
- Undetermined
Number of Confederate soldiers engaged:
- Roughly 10,000
Estimated Union casualties:
- Unknown
Estimated Confederate casualties:
- 100 captured
Result:
- Union victory
Significance:
- The Battle of Culpeper Court House was a Union victory that forced Confederate Major General J. E. B. Stuart to abandon his headquarters north of the Rapidan River.