THE BATTLE OF MONOCACY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1964
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE BATTLE THAT SAVED WASHINGTON
THE BATTLE, ALTHOUGH A TEMPORARY VICTORY FOR THE CONFEDERATES, DELAYED THEIR MARCH ON WASHINGTON ONE DAY, THEREBY ENABLING GENERAL GRANT TO SEND VETERAN REINFORCEMENTS FROM PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA TO THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON IN TIME TO FORESTALL THE ATTACK BY THE CONFEDERATES AND THUS SAVE THE CAPITAL FROM CAPTURE.
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