How To See the Battlefield

On March 23, 1862, the opening conflict of the famous Valley Campaign began on the adjoining Glass and Pritchard farms. You are visiting the Glass Farm called Rose Hill. The neighboring Pritchard Farm is 1½ miles to the southeast (right) ...

Battlefield Center

From this position (Belle Grove Mansion is west of here) most of the VI and XIX U.S. Corps camps were visible on 19 October 1864. The XIX Corps camped close to their earthworks along the ridge to the south. VI ...

Monocacy Battlefield

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1973

National Parks Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling north. ...

This Boulder Overlooks the Monocacy Battlefield

and is in memory

– of –

The Southern Solders

who fell in the battle

fought July 9, 1864

which resulted in

a Confederate victory

———

Erected July 9, 1914

by the

Fitzhugh Lee Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy

of Frederick, Maryland

Marker is on Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on ...

Battlefield Namesake

One of the most unique ways that the Battle of Antietam has been commemorated is the naming of U.S. Navy ships after the battle. Ships have been named for Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and there have been at least three ships ...

Brock's Monument - Queenston Heights Battlefield

The monument towering above you is a memorial to Major-General Sir Isaac Brock commander of British forces in Upper Canada at the beginning of the War of 1812. Brock died on the slopes below Queenston Heights on October 13, 1812, ...

Monocacy National Battlefield

The Battle that Saved Washington

In the summer of 1864, Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early launched a campaign down the Shenandoah Valley with a corps of approximately 15,000 troops. The campaign was a last attempt to carry the war to the ...

Monocacy National Battlefield

The Battle that Saved Washington

In the summer of 1864, Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early launched a campaign down the Shenandoah Valley with a corps of approximately 15,000 troops. The campaign was a last attempt to carry the war to the ...

Battlefield Landmark

One of few natural landmarks of the battle fought here Aug. 31, 1864, is the deep gully S. of marker -- the bed of a small stream flowing W. to Flint River. N. of, & parallel to it, was the ...

Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site

On the night of July 15-16, 1779, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne of Pennsylvania led the American Light Infantry in a midnight assault against a British force that had occupied Stony Point. Approximately one hour later, the garrison had been captured ...