Monocacy National Battlefield

Monocacy National Battlefield. View across Urbana Pike towards the Best Farm on the West bank of the Monocacy River. Confederates occupied this position facing the Union Army across the river. The Best Farm, or Hermitage, is located at the northwest side of the battlefield. Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864. Monocacy National Battlefield, National Register of Historic Places 66000908 "The northern boundary of Monocacy National Military Park, established in 1934, is at 1.1 m. On July 7, 1864 General Lew Wallace, with 2,700 men under General E.B. Tyler, took up a position at Monocacy Junction, planning to check the advance of General Jubal Early and his 15,000 Confederate troops. On July 8 Wallace was joined by 3,350 men from General Rickett's division. The bloody battle fought the next day ended in a decisive Union defeat but the delay it caused Early probably prevented the Capital from falling into the hands of the Confederates. The Federal casualties were 1,880, the Confederates lost between 600 and 700".--WPA Maryland Guide 1940. DSC_0793