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The battle of the Monocacy, also known as the Battle That Saved Washington, was fought in Frederick, MD, about 45 minutes drive from Gettysburg and 30 minutes drive from Antietam. Because of these two “Super Battles” the Monocacy is often overlooked by the common Civil War Traveller. The Monocacy battlefield is one of the most […]
Hidden in the Shadows
March 16th, 2012 · No Comments
Categories: Campaigns & Battles · Eastern Theater
Tags: · Frederick, monocacy, monocacy national battlefield park, Special Orders 191
Google Earth and Civil War Battlefields
February 24th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Poster “historicus” over at the History Channel forums recently had an extremely good idea. He used Google Maps to take a look at Civil War battlefields. Poster “Scotsman” gave readers a few sites he found after the suggestion was made: 39 28’15.06″ N 77 44’15.34″ W (Bloody Lane, Antietam) 39 47’29.89″ N 77 14’32.59″ W […]
Categories: Battlefield Tours · Civil War on the Web · Technology
Tags: · antietam, bloody lane, civil war battlefields, devil's den, fort harrison, gaines mill, gettysburg, google earth, malvern hill, monocacy, quantrill's raid, siege of petersburg, the breakthrough, the crater, watt house
Odds & Ends: April 26, 2008
April 26th, 2008 · No Comments
If you’re a regular reader, you’re well aware of my Odds & Ends column. For anyone new stumbling on this post after a search, let me briefly explain. Odds & Ends is a semi-regular series which attempts to pull together some of the recent interesting happenings and news about the Civil War. You might see […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · ambrose bierce, genealogy, george b. mcclellan, gettysburg cyclorama, glory, gone with the wind, monocacy, Song of the South, stephen crane, the devil's dictionary, the red badge of courage
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