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1. MONOWO_150828_002_STITCH.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2015_MD_Mono_Worthington MD -- Monocacy Natl Battlefield -- Worthington House (32 photos from 2015)
2. MONOWO_150828_008.JPG: A Bold Plan In June 1864, with Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant intent on destroying Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army, Lee developed a bold plan to capture Washington, D.C. He sent Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early with 15,000 troops to invade the North. Pushing through the Shenandoah Valley to Frederick, Maryland, Early expected to encounter minor resistance, but instead he found an opposing force of 6,600 troops he had not anticipated. Although his army prevailed at the Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, the delay cost Early his chance to take Washington and, perhaps, to turn the war in favor of the Confederacy. "I therefore decided...to turn down the valley...to threaten Washington and if I find an opportunity -- to take it." - -- Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early 1864 Valley Campaign: Early departed Richmond on June 13, secured the Shenandoah Valley, and moved into Maryland. He fought Union Troops, reinforced by Grant, at Monocacy on July 9. Early then advanced on the defenses of Washington and reached Fort Stevens on July 11. On July 12 Early found the odds to great and retreated into Virginia.
3. MONOWO_150828_014.JPG: "I therefore decided...to turn down the valley...to threaten Washington and if I find an opportunity -- to take it." - -- Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early
4. MONOWO_150828_017.JPG: Worthington Farm: John T. Worthington purchased this farm in 1862. From his fields, on July 9, 1864, the Confederates launched a series of attacks toward the Union line on the Thomas Farm.
5. MONOWO_150828_026.JPG: Through a Child's Eyes Monocacy National Battlefield On the morning of July 9, six-year-old Glenn Worthington was ushered into the farmhouse cellar with his family and their slaves. The windows had been boarded with thick oak boards and tubs of drinking water were placed in the cellar. Young Glenn peered between the gaps of the boarded windows, witnessing horrific events as the battle unfolded. When the fighting stopped, Glenn helped his family tend to the wounded soldiers who lay in the yard. That afternoon, Glenn was injured while trying to retrieve a bayonet from a pile of burning rifles. A coal from the fire ignited a cartridge, which exploded in his face. Glenn was burned, but fully recovered in a few weeks. Glenn H. Worthington (1858-1934) graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1887. He was a farmer, teacher and judge. In 1932 Glenn published the first complete account of the Battle of Monocacy. His retelling of historical events helped persuade Congress to establish Monocacy National Battlefield in 1934. Glenn Worthington and his cousin, 1860
6. MONOWO_150828_033.JPG: Glenn H. Worthington (1858-1934) graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1887. He was a farmer, teacher and judge. In 1932 Glenn published the first complete account of the Battle of Monocacy. His retelling of historical events helped persuade Congress to establish Monocacy National Battlefield in 1934. Glenn Worthington and his cousin, 1860
7. MONOWO_150828_041.JPG: Ambush On the morning of July 9, 1864, John T. Worthington sent his family to safety in the cellar. From an upstairs window he watched Confederate General McCausland lead his cavalry brigade of 1,400 men into an ambush. Concealed behind a fence and waist high corn, 1,400 Union troops awaited the dismounted cavalrymen. As the cavalrymen drew closer, the Union line opened fire. They decimated the Confederates, who quickly fell back. Later in the afternoon McCausland launched a second attack and took the Thomas House. The outflanked Union line fell back to the Georgetown Pike, launched a counterattack, and drove the Confederates once more back to Worthington Farm. "We remained under the terrific fire about one hour, in which time we lost one-third of the command killed and wounded." -- Corporal Alexandria St. Clair, 16th Virginia Cavalry Brigadier General James B. Ricketts commanded the Union defense at the Thomas Farm. Brigadier General John McCausland commanded the Confederate dismounted cavalry attacks. The Worthingtons purchased this farm and settled here with their family in 1862.
8. MONOWO_150828_047.JPG: The Worthingtons purchased this farm and settled here with their family in 1862.
9. MONOWO_120115_003.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2012_MD_Mono_Worthington MD -- Monocacy Natl Battlefield -- Worthington House (36 photos from 2012)
10. MONOWO_120115_005.JPG: McCausland's Attack 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. July 9, 1864 Brig. Gen. John McCausland's cavalry brigade forded the river, dismounted, and advanced up the slope toward the Worthington house. Thinking they would be facing inexperienced militiamen, the Confederates formed a line in front of the house and moved on foot through a cornfield toward the Thomas farm, about half a mile to the east. There, Union Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts' seasoned troops, concealed in a field behind a fence, surprised and repulsed them. McCausland's Confederates advanced again only to be driven back, with heavy losses, to the Worthington house. But more Confederates were on their way. Onward they went through the growing corn.... Then...the whole Federal line of infantry rose to its feet and resting their guns on the upper rails of the fence took aim and fired a...murderous volley into the ranks of the approaching foe. -- Glenn H. Worthington
11. MONOWO_120115_008.JPG: Worthington House Fields of wheat and corn surrounded the hilltop farmhouse of John T. Worthington. Few trees obstructed his views of the meandering Monocacy River and Thomas farm to the east. In the two years since buying the 300-acre farm, Worthington had seen Federals and Confederates come and go, but this time both sides were amassing troops. While the family took refuge in the cellar, he had slaves take his horses to Sugarloaf Mountain. At one point, as he greeted Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge in the yard, a Union minie ball knocked the cane out of Worthington's hand. Eyewitness Glenn H. Worthington, as a boy of 6, watched the battle by peeking between the boards covering the cellar windows. In his 70s, after he had become a Frederick County judge, he wrote Fighting for Time, the only book-length account of the Battle of Monocacy for 130 years. This illustration of the house comes from that book.
12. MONOWO_120115_017.JPG: Worthington-McKinney Ford 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. July 9, 1864 Confederate troops succeeded in finding their way across the Monocacy River at the foot of this hill. Brig. Gen. John McCausland's 350 cavalrymen came up over the hill and assembled on the front yard of the Worthington farm. Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's 3,000 infantrymen crossed about three hours later, swung south of the house, and proceeded over Brooks Hill to your left. The next goal of the Confederates: to maneuver around the Federals' left line on the neighboring Thomas farm.
13. MONOWO_090816_010.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2009_MD_Mono_Worthington MD -- Monocacy Natl Battlefield -- Worthington House (25 photos from 2009)
14. MONOWO_090816_017.JPG: The smokestack in the distance threatens the battlefield
15. MONOWO_090816_167.JPG: Witness trees
16. MONOWO_090816_209.JPG: Witness trees. Note the little metal icon on the tree on the right.
17. MONOWO_061126_011.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2006_MD_Mono_Worthington MD -- Monocacy Natl Battlefield -- Worthington House (34 photos from 2006)
18. MONOWO_050421_14.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2005_MD_Mono_Worthington MD -- Monocacy Natl Battlefield -- Worthington House (7 photos from 2005)
19. MONOWO_030628_08.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2003_MD_Mono_Worthington MD -- Monocacy Natl Battlefield -- Worthington House (6 photos from 2003)
20. MONOWO_030628_21.JPG: This is the view of the battlefield from Brooks Hill. The barn in the background is the Thomas Farm. The mansion Araby is hidden in the trees to the left of it. On the afternoon of the battle, Confederate Maj Gen John B Gordon led his men in an assault from Brooks Hill which finally pushed the Union lines back toward the Gambrill Mill.
21. MONOWO_030628_49.JPG: McCausland's Attack 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. July 9, 1864 Brig. Gen. John McCausland's cavalry brigade forded the river, dismounted, and advanced up the slope toward the Worthington house. Thinking they would be facing inexperienced militiamen, the Confederates formed a line in front of the house and moved on foot through a cornfield toward the Thomas farm, about half a mile to the east. There, Union Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts' seasoned troops, concealed in a field behind a fence, surprised and repulsed them. McCausland's Confederates advanced again only to be driven back, with heavy losses, to the Worthington house. But more Confederates were on their way. Onward they went through the growing corn.... Then...the whole Federal line of infantry rose to its feet and resting their guns on the upper rails of the fence took aim and fired a...murderous volley into the ranks of the approaching foe. -- Glenn H. Worthington
22. MONOWO_030628_50.JPG: This sign gives you a good idea of what the Worthington House used to look like.
23. MONOWO_980425_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1998_MD_Mono_Worthington MD -- Monocacy Natl Battlefield -- Worthington House (9 photos from 1998)
  Monocacy; Worthington House
24. MONOWO_980425_02.JPG: Monocacy; Worthington House
25. MONOWO_980425_03.JPG: They were working on adding back the front porch for the Worthington House after having done a lot of restoration work.
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