After marching north through the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6. On July 9, 1864, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to arrest Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. Wallace, joined by Ricketts's Division of the VI Corps that had been rushed from the Petersburg lines, was outflanked by Gordon's Division and defeated after putting up a stiff resistance. Hearing of Early's incursion into Maryland, Grant embarked the rest of the VI Corps on transports at City Point, sending it with all dispatch to Washington. Wallace's defeat at Monocacy bought time for these veteran troops to arrive to bolster the defenses of Washington. Early's advance reached the outskirts of Washington on the afternoon of July 11, and the remaining divisions of the VI Corps began disembarking that evening. Monocacy was called the "Battle that Saved Washington."

Result(s): Confederate victory.  However, the chance of attacking Washington lost.

Location: Frederick County, Maryland

Campaign: Early's Raid and Operations against the B&O Railroad (June-August 1864)

Date(s): July 9, 1864

Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace [US]; Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early [CS]

Forces Engaged: approximately 20000 (US 6,500 – 7,500; CS 12,000 – 15,000)

Estimated Causalities:  2,359

Links: Background to the battle - National Monocacy Battlefield - http://www.nps.gov/mono/mo_bat.htm

Special Thanks to: play testers Earle Cook and Steve Blake; and research Angelo DeFazio.

Feedback: can be sent to Bob @ BobEubanks@earthlink.net.

Monocacy:  Create a new folder in BGN and name it Monocacy.  Copy the files in the AN folder and paste them into the Monocacy folder.  Delete all *.scn files in the Monocacy folder.  Copy the downloaded Map files, Other files (Monocacy only), and Scenario files (Monocacy only) into the Monocacy folder, overwriting the AN files.

Frederick:  Copy your BGN/AN folder and rename it Frederick.  Delete all *.scn files in the Frederick folder.  Copy the downloaded Map files, Other file (Frederick only), and Scenario files (Frederick only) into the Frederick folder.

Scenario Information:

Monocacy:

Historical - All Union Forces Deployed: Gives the Union player a few more units.
Historical - As it Happened: The scenario opens with arrayed as they made their first contact.
Historical - Early's Attack: Same as "As it Happened," except for a few slight variations.
Historical - Units Deployed at Night: Gives players ten turns to array their forces before the battle kicks off.  Or for that matter attack!

Frederick (fictional):

The armies that met at the historical "Battle of Antietam," instead meet at the fictional "Battle of Frederick."

Frederick notes (6,166 Kb)

 Other files (Monocacy only)-
  MONOthers.zip (1,596 Kb)

Other files (Frederick only)-
  FDROthers.zip (6,914 Kb)

Scenario Files (Monocacy only) -
 MONScen.zip (9 Kb)   

Scenario Files (Frederick only) -
 FDRScen.zip (5 Kb)