|
Date: 11 May 2019
Assembly Location/Time: Centerville
Library (consolidate cars ) 8:00 AM
Tour Duration: Tour expected to end about
5:00 PM at Centreville Library
Cost: Free to All.
Uniform of the Day: Dress for possible hot
& humid weather, wear comfortable shoes
Lunch: BJ’s
Restaurant and Brewhouse (near Francis Scott Key
Mall)
Tour Features: In the
summer of 1864, Grant pulled troops from the forts around
Washington, DC to help apply pressure to Lee’s Army around
Petersburg, VA. That summer, the Confederacy carried out a
bold plan to turn the tide in the Civil War by invading
Maryland, with a plan to capture Washington, DC and
possibly influence the 1864 elections. On July 9, however,
a small Union force slowed down this invasion along the
banks of the Monocacy River, allowing veteran federal
troops to arrive in time to save Washington. Join us on a
tour of Monocacy National Battlefield. Additionally,
experience a visit to the National Museum of Civil War
Medicine in Frederick, MD.
Tour Leader: Brian Dankmeyer
(Park Ranger, Monocacy National Battlefield)
Intel Update: D. Scott Kenepp e-mail:
dsk22264@comcast.net Cell: 703-624-4995 |
|