American Civil War: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brandy_Station" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Brandy Station">Battle of Brandy Station</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_in_the_American_Civil_War" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia in the American Civil War">Virginia</a>, the largest cavalry battle on American soil, ends <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> cavalry dominance in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eastern theater of the American Civil War">eastern theater</a>.