Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) train station “Widmer brings off his panoramic

“Widmer brings off his panoramic

often recycling unexploded Union ammunition

" Joe is a resident of Fairfield

and landed safely on the other side with several feet to spare

Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) train station “Widmer brings off his panoramicby Ryan T. Quint In early July 1864, a quickly patched together force of outnumbered Union soldiers under the command of Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace prepared for a last ditch defense along the banks of the Monocacy River. Behind them, barely fifty miles away, lay the capital of the United States, open to attack. Facing Wallaces men were Lt. Gen. Jubal Earlys Confederates. In just under a month, they had cleared the Shenandoah Valley of Union soldiers and