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Battle of Monocacy

Confederate Commander

Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early

Forces Engaged: 14,000

Total Casualties: 700-900

Confederate Officers

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Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon

Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr.

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early

C.S. Army

Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon

C.S. Army

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July 9, 1864

Frederick County, Maryland

Confederate Victory

Part of Early's Invasion of the North

National Park Service

The Battle of Monocacy

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Battlefield Trust

Monocacy - The Battle that  Saved Washington

The Battle of Monocacy

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YouTube

"The Battle of Monocacy" 125th Anniversary

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New York Times

July 13, 1864

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Library of Congress Maps

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Union Commander

Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace

Forces Engaged: 5,800

Killed: 8

Wounded: 62

Captured or Missing: 115

Total Casualties: 185

Union Officers

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Brig. Gen. Erastus B. Tyler

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Early, Jubal A. "Early's March to Washington in 1864."Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, Eds Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 492-499

------------------ Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War between the States. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1912. rpt.

          Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1999. p 387-388, 391-393

Hotchkiss, Jed. "Virginia." Confederate Military History Vol III Part I. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt National

          Historical Society, 2008. p 476-515

Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. "The Opposing Forces at the Monocacy, Md." Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 499

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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