Provides a detailed historic resource study of the properties included within Monocacy National Battlefield, which was the site of the Battle of Monocacy Junction in the American Civil War fought on July 9, 1864.

The battlefield straddles the Monocacy River southwest of the city of Frederick, Maryland in the Washington, DC area suburbs. The battle, labeled "The Battle That Saved Washington," was one of the last the Confederates would carry out in Union territory. The two opposing leaders were General Jubal Early, fighting for the South, and General Lew Wallace, fighting for the North.

Original Version November 1999, updated August 2001 and July 2004.