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 +Letter in Union Citizen'​s File on Fold.com indicates the 3rd Maryland had detachments at Ellicott'​s Mills and Marriottsville in September 1863.
  
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-{{:{{ :​3rd_potomac:​battle_of_west_frederick_july_7_1864_prelude_to_battle_of_monocacy_by_joseph_v_collins_p1.png?​400 |img}} 
-<​caption>​battle_of_west_frederick_july_7_1864_prelude_to_battle_of_monocacy_by_joseph_v_collins_p1</​caption>​ 
-</​figure>​ 
  
-<figure label> +//Battle of West Frederick, July 7, 1864: Prelude to Battle of Monocacy//, by Joseph V. Collins 
-{{:{{ :​3rd_potomac:​battle_of_west_frederick_july_7_1864_prelude_to_battle_of_monocacy_by_joseph_v_collins_p2.png?​400 |img}} + 
-<​caption>​battle_of_west_frederick_july_7_1864_prelude_to_battle_of_monocacy_by_joseph_v_collins_p2</​caption>​ +Third Potomac Home Brigade in the Field 
-</​figure>​+ 
 +In June 1864 the [Third Potomac Home Brigade] is stationed along the tracks of the B&O 
 +at critical rail stations from Sykesville, Maryland, to the mouth of 
 +the Monocacy River where it joins the Potomac River (south of 
 +Frederick), a distance of approximately thirty-two miles. Company 
 +C was stationed at Sykesville, while three miles west at Hoods 
 +Mills was stationed Company F (recently transferred from the B&O 
 +station at Marriottsville),​ and another eight miles west at Mount Airy 
 +were stationed Companies A and G. Then four miles to the west 
 +was Monrovia, which served as headquarters for the Third with 
 +Companies I, H, and K. Then about three miles south of Frederick 
 +and approximately eight miles west of Monrovia was Monocacy 
 +Junction, a critical point in the east-west movement of personnel 
 +and goods on the B&O. At Monocacy Junction a spur line ran north 
 +to the city of tick, while the main line of the B&O crossed 
 +the Monocacy River on an iron bridge and the Georgetown Pike 
 +highway connected Frederick and Washington, D.C. At this critical 
 +location Companies B and E were stationed. Finally, in a blockhouse 
 +we find Company D and Major Harry C. Rizer stationed some eight 
 +miles south of the Monocacy Junction located near the mouth of the 
 +Monocacy River and less than three miles southeast of the important 
 +Noland’s Ferry crossing. Company D had moved to this location at 
 +the beginning of June from their previous post at the B&O station 
 +at Elysville. In Company D we find Privates Isaac Van Sickle and 
 +his younger brother Harrison. At that location was the majestic 
 +512-foot, eleven-arch Monocacy Aqueduct [which was constructed 
 + 
 +of native Maryland granite] of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that 
 +crossed the Monocacy and affords an easy route for both cavalry 
 +and infantry to utilize to avoid the possible delays in the populated 
 +Frederick area. The blockhouse occupied by Company D was typical 
 +of those constructed by the railroad during the Civil War. 
 + 
 +By this time in 1864, Third Regiment of the Potomac Home Brigade 
 +had 732 officers and men well below the full regiment strength of 
 +1,200. According to the June 10, 1864, inspector general'​s report 
 +the following was the composition of the First Separate Brigade 
 +commanded by Brigadier General E.B. Tyler. 
 +   
 + 
 +Location (Maryland) Unit Manpower\\  
 +Relay House at B&O RR Brigade Headquarters?​\\  
 +Relay House at B&O RR 3 Companies of\\  
 +144th Ohio Infantry 228 
 + 
 +Fort Dix at B&O RR 2 Companies of\\  
 +144th Ohio Infantry 142 
 + 
 +Elysville at B&O RR Company "​C"​ 3rd PHB 72\\  
 +Hoods Mills at B&O RR Company PHB "​F"​ 3rd PHB 77\\  
 +Mount Airy at B&O RR Companies "​A"​ &\\  
 +"​G"​ 3rd PHB 139\\  
 +Monrovia at B&O RR Cos. "​I",​ "​H"​ & "​K"​ +\\  
 +Hdqtrs 3rd PHB 204\\  
 +Monocacy Junction at B&0 RR Companies "​E"​\\  
 +& "​S"​ 160\\  
 +Mouth of Monocacy River Company "​D"​ 3rd PHB 80\\  
 +Annapolis Junction Company "​F"​ of 144th\\  
 +Ohio Infantry 71\\  
 + 
 +Total Troops 1,173\\  
 +Third Potomac Home Brigade in the Field 
 + 
 +Deployment of Third Potomac Home Brigade\\  
 +June 30, 1864 
 +  
 + 
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 + 
 + 
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