Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) train station S/L #16411

S/L #16411

ignores the experience of African Americans

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In May 1861

often recycling unexploded Union ammunition

Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) train station S/L #16411by Ryan T. Quint In early July 1864, a quickly patched together force of outnumbered Union soldiers under the command of Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace prepared for a last ditch defense along the banks of the Monocacy River. Behind them, barely fifty miles away, lay the capital of the United States, open to attack. Facing Wallaces men were Lt. Gen. Jubal Earlys Confederates. In just under a month, they had cleared the Shenandoah Valley of Union soldiers and