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FIRST SHAFT ON MONOCACY FIELD4HdiliMie Mtumeat Dedicated ii Tuesday Moreiif.\WAS ERECTED BY NEW JERSEY Ii __Mtmerlil to Mtmbift of FourUonth R«9lm*nt, Volunteer Infantry, Who Fall There 43 Ye*r* Ago Tuesday—Intereetlng Exarplaes,With Interesting ceremonies the fhandsome monument erected pa thejl •Modocacy Battlefield lo the memory of1 the members of the Fourteenth Rngi* i meet, New Jersey Volunteers, who fell t in that bailie, was dedicated yesterday; The exercises commenced at' i 10:80 o'clock and were participated In by the over one-hundred survivors, :j who came to Frederick on a special 1; train yesterday afternoon. ji* The following was the order of the-exercises*: Prayer, Rev, John Hand-*ley, Vineland, N. J.; music, Braddock HeightB Band: brief history of the Hth New Jersey Volunteers, Major Jojin •Patterson, Monmouth, N. J.; unveiling of monument, by Miss All da Patter8ont daughter of Major John C. Patterson, assisted by Miss Nettie Foster, daughter of Adjutant W, H, Foster; presentation of the monument to the State of New Jersey, Major John C. Patterson; acceptance by Slate of New Jersey and presentation to I he Reunion Association of 14th New Jersey Volunteers, Rev. Dr. W. W. Case, Trenton, N, 3.; acceptance of the monument for Reunion Association, Henry O. l*a Rowo,Brooklyn, N. Y.; music, Brad dock Heights Band; brief address, Rev. John Handley, Vineland, N. J.; poem, E. D. Smith, EHxahelli, N. J.; address, Judge Wm, H, Vre den burgh, Freehold, N J., Judge of Supreme Court; poem,; ■written by E. h. Cowart, Jr., son of Quartermaster E. L. Cowart, Sr., Freehold, N. J.; benediction, Rev Mr. Handley.•‘..Rev. Dr, Cask* In opening, expressed 1 hib regrets at the inability of Gov. Ed- j ward C. Stokes to be present. He said; he had ^feeling of personalinterest in •the lwttlefiehl, as hfs own regiment, the. 195th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was in camp there for two months. In the course of bis remarks he said:“There is no doubt that the Buttle of Monocacy was one of the most important battles of the war. Op Jply 1, 1864, the city of Washington, hfcd a very small force for Its defense, as most of the available troops had been sent to General Grant, who was pressing the siege dlt;1 Richmond, by slow and sure process_es. The* Confederate forces were kept constantly informed, through signals by their friends in Washington. At Point Lookout, below Washington, on jthe Maryland aide, was a camp of 20,000 Confederate prisoners. it seemed an opportune time to capture Washington and release these prisoners. It was determined to se^d a large force under General Early through the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland. This force of not let! than26.000 men crossed the Potomgc on July 7, 1864. General Early demandedof the cltttzens of Frederick 1200,0 00In American money, which was paid. General Lew Wallace had lesq than6.000 men to oppose this force of the enemy. The most of Gen, Wallance’s men were composed of the,Third Division of the 45ixth Corps, Army of the Potomac. These men gave a stubborn •fight on July 9, 1864. They were partially protected by the Thomas house and natural defenses. On July 10 he abandoned his wounded and moverl toward Rockville. ^lt;H1b array was not the proud army tlmt marched to the Monocacy, but shattered-and broken. The delay of two .days was also ver3 costly. When he reached Washington he found that there had been time to get tho other two divisions of the Sixth Army Corps fo Washington. After a very brief attack on some of the defenses, Early was glad to make a retreat back Into Virginia. Lew Wallace’s forces were obliged to retreat but not until they had inflicted a damaging blow upon the enemy, Tte capital was saved by Gen. Lew \pllaco■and his men at the Battle of Mopocacyand t^e arrival of the other two divisions of the Sixth Corps within the defenses of tho capital.‘There were instances of wonderful heroism In the Battle of Monocafcy. The holding of the Railroad bridge by Cftpt, Dairs and his 75 men, ,of tho 10th Vermont, belongs to thjs claas. When obliged finally to retrPat, they marched double quick neroaa the ties, pursued by tho Con federates', shouting Walt/ and ‘Surrender!’ Volleys were poured into the Vermonters; the dead and wended fell into the water below the bridge. One of tho wounded survived tho battle and the war. A few were captured, The 14th New Jersey {Regiment hore tho brunt of tho baltle. Tho, regiment entered the battle with 310 men; only 95 came out uninjured, 256 being killed, wounded and lt;x*p-►i* (Continued on Png# Threi.)
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Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Wed, Jul 10, 1907
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