One of the Civil War’s most brilliant commanders was James Ewell Brown (“Jeb”) Stuart, whose imagination and daring led Robert E. Lee to appoint him commander of the Army of Northern Virginia cavalry at the age of 30. This tour, led by Civil War authority Ed Bearss, follows the controversial cavalry operations of Stuart and his troops during the Gettysburg campaign.

From Rowser’s Ford, where Stuart crossed the Potomac on June 27 and 28, 1863, follow the raiders’ route north to Hanover, Pennsylvania. Sites are included where Stuart’s Confederates captured a Union supply train, routed the 1st Delaware Cavalry, and battled Gen. Judson Kilpatrick on June 30.

After lunch at Altland House near Hanover, the tour continues to Hunterstown, where Brig. Gen.Wade Hampton (ordered into position by Stuart) clashed with Gen. George A. Custer’s Michiganders on July 2; the site of the July 3 cavalry battle; and the area where Confederate Brig. Gen.William E. “Grumble” Jones and the Laurel Brigade battered the 6th U.S. Cavalry on July 3.

CODE: 1ND-043

7:30 a.m. to 6:45 p.m., by bus from the southeast corner of the Air and Space Museum, 4th St. and Independence Ave., S.W.