Monocacy

During the summer of 1864, the Confederacy carried out a bold plan to turn the tide of the Civil War in its favor by capturing Washington, DC and influencing the election of 1864. On July 9, however, Federal soldiers, outnumbered three to one, fought gallantly along the banks of the Monocacy River in an effort to buy time for Union reinforcements to arrive in Washington, DC.

Maryland · United States