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Monday, July 9, 2012

MONOCACY: THE BATTLE THAT SAVED WASHINGTON, D.C., 148 YEARS AGO

IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE BATTLE OF
MONOCACY
July 9, 1864

THE MONOCACY RIVER
Frederick, Maryland

The U.S. Civil War battle of Monocacy, or the Battle of Monocacy Junction, was fought a few miles downriver from the site of this photograph, in Frederick County, on July 9, 1864. It was a Union loss which delayed the Confederate forces long enough for reinforcements to reach Washington, D.C., and so foil the Confederate plan to take the National Capital.

Reenactments were planned for this past weekend; Saturday's was carried out, and there is a story and photograph here. Sunday's was canceled due to heat (here). Some useful pages from the Monocacy National Battlefield park website can be found here and here and here.

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