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Monocacy National Battlefield Frederick Maryland
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So profuse was the flow of blood from the killed and wounded of both these forces that it reddened the stream for more than 100 yards below.
Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon
The 10th. Vermont Infantry Monument
Mustered in to service on Sept. 1,1862 at Brattleboro Vt.The regiment saw heavy action through out the war losing 336 men by war's end.
Number of men engaged
Union about 5,800
Confederate 15-18,000
Casualties Union
Killed
Wounded
Missing/Captured
Total 1,294-1,880
Casualties Confederate
Killed
Wounded
Missing/Captured
Total 700-900
*Casualties figures are incomplete.
Former Vice President John C. Breckinridge participated in the battle of the Monocacy
as a Confederate Major General.
The Medal of Honor was awarded to Lt.George E. Davis and Corp. Alexander Scott both members of the 10th Vermont Vol's.
The Monocacy battlefield was
Designated a National Military Park in 1934.
The battlefield was not opened to the public until 1991.
The Monocacy battlefield covers about 1,647 acres.
Monocacy facts
Books
Fighting for time
by Glenn H. Worthington
Monocacy, The battle that saved Washington
by B. Franklin Cooling
Desperate Engagement
by Marc Leepson
Photographs by Geographic Location
Resources