Battle of Yellow Tavern

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The Battle of Yellow Tavern was fought on May 11, 1864, as part of the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan was detached from Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac to conduct a raid on Richmond, Virginia, and challenged Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. The Confederates were outnumbered, and Stuart was mortally wounded.

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