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Union Reinforcements:
"Here was a race between the two great contending forces, the stake of which was the Capital of the nation, its treasure and prestige."
-- Glenn Worthington, Monocacy civilian
As Lew Wallace's troops retreated from the Monocacy on July 10, thousands of soldiers from the Army of the Potomac were boarding transports near Petersburg, Virginia.
By the afternoon of July 11, Early's Confederates approached the northern outskirts of the Union capital. At that same moment, the steamships bearing Union reinforcements reached the wharves in southern Washington. The Union veterans disembarked and raced through the city, soon appearing in the defenses at Fort Stevens. On July 12, they would skirmish with Early's men, and the Confederates would abandon their campaign in Maryland. |