...in a great measure some of the most important and delicate operations of the campaign. One of the hardest fought cavalry battles of the war, in proportion to the numbers engaged, was that between General Averill 's Division of nearly 3,000 men, and Fitz Lee's Brigade of not more than 800 (many having been sent home to recruit their horses) at Kelly Ford on the 17th of March, 1863. The Confederates were vict...