"The Battle of Monocacy, 9 July 1864" Topic
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Tango01 | 13 May 2020 10:31 p.m. PST |
"By the summer of 1864, the future of the Confederate States of America was looking dim. During the previous year, the Army of Northern Virginia, under the command of GEN Robert E. Lee, had suffered a decisive defeat at Gettysburg. A day after that battle, Vicksburg, the Confederates' last bastion on the Mississippi River, fell to Union forces under MG Ulysses S. Grant. By July 1864 MG William Tecumseh Sherman's powerful Army of the Tennessee was quickly advancing on Atlanta. To make matters worse for the Confederates, the Union's Army of the Potomac had Lee's army under siege at Petersburg, Virginia. With these and other military setbacks, the end of the Confederacy seemed to be only a matter of time. In an effort to relieve the pressure on his besieged army in Petersburg, Lee ordered LTG Jubal A. Early to take his corps and advance up the Shenandoah Valley, cross the Potomac, then turn to the southeast to threaten Washington, D.C. After scattering the few Union units that lay in his path, Early was primed to march on Washington with little to impede him. News of the Confederates' approach put Washington into a state of panic and required Grant to detach an entire corps from the forces besieging Petersburg to protect the capital…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Bill N | 14 May 2020 4:33 a.m. PST |
The Wikipedia article is better. |
Tango01 | 14 May 2020 12:27 p.m. PST |
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John the Greater | 15 May 2020 7:20 a.m. PST |
I have gamed this battle a couple of times (the actual battlefield is about 20 minutes from my daughter's house). Essentially it is the Union versus the clock. The longer the Federals hold out the more it is a loss for the Confederates. |
Tango01 | 15 May 2020 1:18 p.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand |
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