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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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- | <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 |
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- | <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 | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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 | ||
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+ | Fort Dix at B&O RR 2 Companies of\\ | ||
+ | 144th Ohio Infantry 142 | ||
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+ | 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\\ | ||
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+ | Total Troops 1,173\\ | ||
+ | Third Potomac Home Brigade in the Field | ||
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+ | Deployment of Third Potomac Home Brigade\\ | ||
+ | June 30, 1864 | ||
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