Desperate engagement
by Marc Leepson
Offers a detailed account of the Battle of Monocacy, a little-known military engagement fought on July 9, 1864, just fifty miles west of Washington, D.C., that played a key role in the ultimate outcome of the Civil War.
Washington (D.C.) Civil War, 1861-1865Monocacy, Battle of, Md., 1864HistoryWashington (d.c.), historyUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865