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1864:
July 4 -- General Early's army reached Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
July 4 -- Union troops were sent to Monocacy Junction.
July 6 -- Confederates ransomed Hagerstown, Maryland for $20,000.
July 6 -- General Early crossed into Maryland at Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
July 6 -- The 3rd Division of the VI Corps left City Point, Virginia, by steamship.
July 7-8 -- Union and Confederate forces skirmished west of Frederick, Maryland.
July 7-8 -- Reinforcements from City Point, Virginia, began to arrive at Monocacy Junction.
July 8 -- Confederates ransomed Middletown, Maryland for $5,000.
July 8 -- General Wallace withdrew to Monocacy Junction.
July 9 -- General Bradley Johnson left on a mission to Point Lookout.
July 9 -- The last of the VI Corps reinforcements from City Point, Virginia, arrived at Monocacy Junction. |