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Monocacy National Battlefield is located in the center of a region with a number of other Civil War battlefields and sites. It is located on present-day Maryland Route 355 (Urbana Pike) a few miles southeast of the city of Frederick.
The battlefield remained in private hands for more than one hundred years before portions of it were acquired in the late 1970s to create the Monocacy National Battlefield. The park was dedicated in July 1991.
The 14th New Jersey monument is a memorial monument located on the Monocacy battlefield in Frederick, Maryland, United States.It stands to honor the men of the volunteer force that protected the Monocacy Junction during the crucial winter of 1863-1864.
At Monocacy, which was established as a national battlefield later, Banasik said he and his staff worked to uncover much of the history behind the park and its significance.
The National Park Service lists these together with the NHLs in the state. [4] The Clara Barton National Historic Site, Monocacy National Battlefield and Thomas Stone National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above (with the latter under its alternative name, Habre de Venture).
The hill on the Best Farm where the lost order was discovered is located outside of Frederick, Maryland, and was a key Confederate artillery position in the 1864 Battle of Monocacy. A historical marker on the Monocacy National Battlefield commemorates the finding of Special Order 191 during the Maryland Campaign.
Two deer tested positive at Antietam and one at Monocacy. These are the first CWD-positive detections for national parks in the state of Maryland. However, CWD has been present in Maryland since 2010.
Left New Jersey for Baltimore, Maryland, September 2, 1862. Duty near Monocacy, Maryland, guarding railroad bridges and other points on the Upper Potomac, until June 1863. Moved to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, and duty there and at Maryland Heights until June 30. Moved to Frederick, Maryland, June 30, and to Monocacy July 2.