Wallace holds the B&O bridge at Monocacy Junction for a day
July 9, 1864, Monocacy Junction, Maryland.
- Date
- July 9, 1864
- Where
- Monocacy Junction, Maryland
- What happened
- Other
- Event
- 114 of 174
B&O agents reported Early's advance and Garrett warned Wallace to protect the railroad bridge over the Monocacy. VI Corps troops arriving by rail from Baltimore were stopped at the junction to reinforce him. Early won the battle, but the fight delayed his march on Washington by a full day.
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