Title: Desperate engagement
Description: Offers a detailed account of the Battle of Monocacy, a little-known military engagement fought on July 9, 1864, just fifty miles west of Washington, D.C., that played a key role in the ultimate outcome of the Civil War.
Subjects: Washington (D.C.) Civil War, 1861-1865, Monocacy, Battle of, Md., 1864, History, Washington (d.c.), history, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Places: Washington (D.C.)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865