Historian Ed Bearss follows the escapades of dashing Confederate cavalry general James Ewell Brown (“Jeb”) Stuart between Oct. 10 and Oct. 12, 1862 on this tour.

Four weeks after the battle of Antietam, Stuart and 1,800 of his horsemen embarrassed Union Gen. George B. McClellan by riding around his army for the second time. First visit The Bower (the home of Stephen Dandridge), where Stuart had an enjoyable interlude before the ride, and then proceed to McCoy’s Ford, where the Confederates slipped across the Potomac River at daybreak on Oct. 10, 1862.

Travel north to trace the ride of Stuart and hismen through Mercersburg. After lunch at the Mercersburg Inn, proceed to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to visit sites associated with Stuart’s 12-hour stop in town. Stuart’s return via Cashtown, Emmitsburg, and Libertytown and his recrossing the Potomac at White’s Ford on the morning of Oct. 12 are also followed.

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7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. by bus from the southeast corner of the Air and Space Museum, 4th St. and Independence Ave., S.W., with a pickup stop at the Best Western Rockville Hotel & Suites, 1251 W. Montgomery Ave., I-270, Exit 6B, at about 7:55 a.m.

Dress for battlefield walks.