...rs to Hedgesville, and had frequent skirmishes with the enemy until withdrawn to the line of the Rappahannock. Here, on July 31st, the Federal cavalry crossed the river in force and advanced toward Brandy Station , stubbornly resisted by Hampton's brigade of cavalry under command of Colonel Baker, General Stuart also being at the front. In his report of this affair, Gen. R. E. Lee wrote: Hampton's brigade be...