Fighting for Time: The Battle of Monocacy
Worthington, Glenn H. / Pohanka, Brian C.
In the summer of 1864, General Jubal A. Early led about 15, 000 Confederates on a daring sweep through Maryland. The savage battle proved to be one of the most decisive engagements of the Civil War. The hard-marching Confederate troops of General Early were embarked on a desperate gamble - an invasion of the North meant to take the pressure off Robert E. Lee's besieged forces at Petersburg. Early's goal was nothing less than the seat of the Fe...