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The Southampton Cavalry was formed just north of this site in May 1861 at the Gillette Farm, Cedar Lawn, and Joseph E. Gillette was elected captain. The company eventually became Company A of the 13th Virginia Cavalry, and Gillette was promoted to major in the regiment. He died here on November 1, 1863, after being wounded at Brandy Station. The company served gallantly until the end of the Civil War as part of General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry in General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
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