Battle of Monocacy

The Battle of Monocacy was one of the most important battles of the American Civil War.Steven Bernstein, The Confederacy's Last Northern Offensive: Jubal Early, the Army of the Valley and the Raid on Washington (Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2010), p. 41 It was fought near Frederick, Maryland on July 9, 1864. A Confederate army commanded by Jubal Early was marching eastward towards Washington, D.C., to capture the city. A small Union army commanded by Lew Wallace fought the Confederates along the Monocacy River. The battle took most of the day to fight. The Confederates finally made Wallace's force retreat about 4:30 p.m. However, the delay kept the Confederates from reaching Washington until General Grant's soldiers reached the city.William M. Ferraro, 'A Struggle for Respect: Lew Wallace's Relationships with Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman After Shiloh', Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 104, No. 2 (June 2008), p. 134 The Battle of Monocacy is sometimes called "the battle that saved Washington".

 Battlefield Preservation 

The Monocacy National Battlefield, established in 1976 as a unit of the National Park Service, covers 1,647 acres of the battlefield along the Monocacy River south of Frederick, Md. The address is 5201 Urbana Pike, Frederick, Md. Monocacy National Battlefield. Accessed May 22, 2018.

The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 445 acres of the battlefield. some of which is now part of the park. American Battlefield Trust "Saved Land" webpage. Accessed May 22, 2018.

 References 

 Other websites 
 Historians mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Monocacy 
 The Battle of Monocacy; Early's Maryland Campaign

Category:American Civil War battles
Category:1864 in the United States
Category:19th century in Maryland