The sign at the entrance to Monocacy National Battlefield, managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Photo by: Chris Light/Wikimeda | CC BY-SA 4.0
In the grand scheme of the Civil War, the Confederate raid at Point of Rocks in June of 1864 is a footnote—hardly noticeable against the backdrop of Gettysburg and Sherman’s March to the Sea. But in the context of a crucial battle, fought at Monocacy Junction just a few days later, the Union troops that arrived to resist the raid provided a crucial influx of trained, experienced soldiers in the Shenandoah Valley. During the battle, around 2,200 men were captured, killed, injured or reported as missing. Although the Union ultimately lost at Monocacy, General Lew Wallace and his men did slow down Confederate troops on their march toward Washington—giving the Union army time to move troop reinforcements to defend the city. For that reason, the Battle of Monocacy is known as “The Battle That Saved Washington.”
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