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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1978

Page

4

Monocacy Memoir: Captain Cornwell Recalls Monocacy March

Captain Robert T. Cornwell of General Ricketts staff recounts the July 1864 Monocacy operations from Hyattstown to the battlefield near Frederick, detailing long fatigues, fording the Potomac, and the 25 mile rush back toward Washington. He notes Dead horses, graves, and the grim aftermath, with Jubal Early’s widening threat and Grant’s shifting orders.

Francis B. Carpenter Carpenter Abraham Lincoln White House Abe Jubal Earry Mary Todd Lincoln Ahe Stanton Mary Lincoln Fort Stevens Jubal Early Mrs. Lincoln War Department Washington Susquehanna Middle West Virginia U.S. Grant City Point Lincoln Grant David Hunter Department of West Virginia James B. Ricketts Sixth Army Corps Lew Wallace Motocacy Baltimore Robert T. Cornwell Ricketts Monocacy Sixth Corps Edwards Ferry Potomac Old Dominion Goose Creek Leesburg Petersburg Wright Early Shenandoah River Spicker's Ferry Berryville Halleck Potomac River Difficult Creek Georgetown Cornwell Freergetown City Pot Chesapeake Bay Petersburg- Richmond Lee Jubil Early Slenaudval Valley Northern Virginia Chesapeake Bay Shenandoah Valley George Crook William W. Averell Frane Sigel Kernstown Winchester Harper’s Ferry Jubal Early, Ordered Both the Sixth Corps Harper's Ferry Rockville Cormwei Hyattstown Monocacy River Frederick Gettysburg

Chambersburg Burning and Civil War Raid Details

Confederate forces led by McCausland and Early burned Chambersburg on July 30 after demanding a ransom of 500 000 dollars in Northern funds. Accounts describe devastation to homes, churches, and public buildings, with officers lamenting the cruelty and soldiers looting. The Sixth Corps moved toward Frederick amid the chaos.

Old Jude Early Martinsburg Halltown Potomac Maryland Pennsylvania Chambersburg John McCausland Bradley T. Johnson Old Jube McCausland Hagerstown Early Middletown William J. Irving Frederick William G. Cole Richard H Confederate States Army JR. Braithwaite Jubal Early Bradley Johnson Andrew Hunter Alexander R. Boteler Edmund J. Lee Jefferson County Virginia McCoy’s Ford Clear Spring Mercersburg Felt Johnson Old Jude Sixth Corps United States Army Cornwell Ricketts Harper's Ferry Monocacy Sng Ta Bald Phadt Keen Hint Crook Hunter Halleck War Office U. S. Grant City Point Averell

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