The Battle That Saved Washington

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"The Battle That Saved Washington" refers to the 1864 American Civil War engagement at Monocacy, Maryland, in which Union forces delayed a Confederate advance long enough to protect the U.S. capital from capture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
AbrahamLincolnRole President of the United States whose capital was threatened ⓘ
associatedWithLeader Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
belligerent Confederacy ⓘ
Union ⓘ
campaign Jubal Early’s raid on Washington ⓘ
commemoratedBy Monocacy National Battlefield ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties approximately 900 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Jubal A. Early ⓘ
ConfederateForcesIncluded Army of the Valley ⓘ
ConfederateObjective threaten and possibly capture Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ConfederateStrength approximately 14,000 troops ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1864-07-09 ⓘ
followedBy Confederate approach to Fort Stevens ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasAlias Battle That Saved Washington ⓘ
hasName Battle of Monocacy ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
location Frederick County, Maryland ⓘ
near Monocacy River, Maryland ⓘ
notableFor being called the battle that saved Washington ⓘ
use of improvised Union force under Lew Wallace ⓘ
objective delay Confederate advance toward Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf Valley Campaigns of 1864 ⓘ
precededBy Confederate advance down the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
preservedAt Monocacy National Battlefield ⓘ
primaryDefensiveLine along the Monocacy River ⓘ
protected Washington, D.C. ⓘ
result Confederate tactical victory ⓘ
river Monocacy River ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
strategicOutcome bought critical time for the defense of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
strategicResult Union strategic success ⓘ
strategicSignificance delayed Confederate forces long enough for Union reinforcements to reach Washington, D.C. ⓘ
helped prevent the capture of the U.S. capital ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union forces retreated from the field ⓘ
terrain river crossings and farmland near Monocacy River ⓘ
typeOfEngagement field battle ⓘ
UnionCasualties approximately 1,300 ⓘ
UnionCommander Erastus B. Tyler ⓘ
Lew Wallace ⓘ
UnionForcesIncluded VIII Corps units ⓘ
linked to: Union VIII Corps
UnionSideSupportedBy reinforcements from the VI Corps (indirectly, arriving at Washington after the battle) ⓘ
UnionStrength approximately 5,800 troops ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Battle of Monocacy → nicknamed → The Battle That Saved Washington ⓘ
The Battle That Saved Washington → hasAlias → Battle That Saved Washington ⓘ
linked to: The Battle That Saved Washington