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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Captain Cornwell
Jubal
Wallace
Jeffersa
Jefferson
Hol Qrs
CS Army
Toumand
Corpe
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