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The Battle of Monocacy (also known as Monocacy Junction) was fought on July 9, 1864, about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Frederick, Maryland, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace.
Monocacy National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service, the site of the Battle of Monocacy in the American Civil War fought on July 9, 1864. The battlefield straddles the Monocacy River southeast of the city of Frederick, Maryland .
Marsh Creek is a 26.6-mile-long (42.8 km) [1] tributary of the Monocacy River in south-central Pennsylvania and north-central Maryland in the United States. [2] Marsh Creek and Rock Creek join below Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Battlefield to form the Monocacy River. The height of land between Marsh and Rock creeks is the site of the Battle of ...
The Monocacy River (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ k ə s i /) is a free-flowing left tributary to the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The river is 58.5 miles (94.1 km) long, [ 1 ] with a drainage area of about 970 square miles (2,500 km 2 ). [ 2 ]
Spangler Spring Run [5] is a stream which flows from near Culp's Hill to the Rock Creek through Gettysburg Battlefield areas of the Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day, to Rock Creek at Stevens Run [ 25 ] ( Stevens Creek , [ 26 ] Tiber ) is a 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km) [ 3 ] [ verification needed ] stream which is a tributary of Rock Creek flowing ...
The first settlement created by the settlers of the county was Monocacy, [3] which was founded between 1725 and 1730, [1] [2] making it the oldest settlement in Western Maryland. [3] The town was settled nearby the Monocacy Trail, an old Indian trail that ran along the Monocacy River. [3] In 1730, the Monocacy Trail was made into a wagon road. [2]
Before Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22–23. Moved to Baltimore, thence to Frederick, Maryland, July 6–8. Battle of Monocacy July 9. Expedition to Snicker's Gap July 14–23. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek ...
Monocacy Aqueduct, crosses the Monocacy River near its mouth; Monocacy National Battlefield, memorializing the Battle of Monocacy (1864), fought near the Monocacy River; Battle of Monocacy, the July 1864 Civil War battle; Monocacy (MARC station) named for the battlefield site; Monocacy Station, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Berks ...