Battle of Monocacy • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Armies

The Battle of Monocacy was fought between the 15,000 men of the Confederate Army of the Valley under Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early and 5,800 Union soldiers under Union Major General Lewis Wallace, commander of the Middle Department.

The Confederate forces at the battle consisted of the Army of the Valley, under the command of Major General Jubal Early. The heart of this command was the veteran Second Corps from the Army of Northern Virginia. These were Jackson’s men in the Shenandoah Valley and at Chancellorsville, and had fought under Richard Ewell at Gettysburg and through the Overland Campaign. The Second Corps had suffered heavy casualties earlier in the year, particularly at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. Several brigades consisted of just the battered remnants of regiments, many no stronger than companies, that had been consolidated together. But these survivors were veterans of many battlefields and knew their business.

The Union forces under the command of Major General Lew Wallace had been hastily gathered from every possible source in his department. Many were rear area troops with little or no combat experience from garrisons at Baltimore and other locations in Maryland. Half of Wallace’s men were from two brigades of the Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac who had been rushed north from the Siege of Petersburg. These were dependable veterans who had faced Lee’s men on many a battlefield. But they were badly outnumbered, even with the addition of the inexperienced garrison troops.

Confederate Organization at the Battle of Monocacy

Army of the Valley

Commanded by Lieutenant General Jubal Early

Breckinridge’s Corps – Major General John C. Breckinridge

Gordon’s Division – Major General John B. Gordon

Evans’ Brigade – Brigadier General Clement A. Evans (w), Colonel Edmund N. Atkinson

13th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel J.H. Baker (w)
26th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Edmund N. Atkinson (^), Lieutenant Colonel James S. Blain
31st Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John H. Lowe
38th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Major Thomas H. Bomar
60th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Captain Milton Russell
61st Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John H. Lamar (k), Lieutenant Colonel J.D. Van Valkenburg (k), Captain E.F. Sharp
12th Georgia Battalion – Captain J.W. Anderson

York’s Consolidated Louisiana Brigade – Brigadier General Zebulon York

Hay’s Old Brigade (remnants) – Colonel William R. Peck
5th Louisiana Infantry – Major Alexander Hart
6th Louisiana InfantryLieutenant Colonel Joseph Hanlon
7th Louisiana InfantryLieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Terry
8th Louisiana InfantryCaptain Louis Prados
9th Louisiana InfantryLieutenant Colonel John J. Hodges

Stafford’s Old Brigade (remnants) – Colonel Eugene Waggaman
1st Louisiana Infantry – Captain Joseph Taylor
2nd Louisiana Infantry – Lieutenant Colonel Michael Grogan
10th Louisiana Infantry – Lieutenant Colonel Henry D. Monier
14th Louisiana Infantry – Lieutenant Colonel David Zable
15th Louisiana Infantry – Captain H.J. Egan

Terry’s Consolidated Virginia Brigade – Brigadier General William Terry

Remnants of Stonewall Brigade – Colonel John H.S. Funk
2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th & 33rd Virginia Infantry

Remnants of Jones’ 2nd Brigade – Colonel Robert H. Dungan
21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, 50th Virginia Infantry

Remnants of Steuart’s 3rd Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel Samuel H. Saunders
10th, 23rd, 37th Virginia Infantry

Breckinridge’s Division – Brigadier General John Echols

Echols’ Brigade – Colonel George S. Patton

22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel George S. Patton (^)
23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick
25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
26th Virginia Infantry Battalion – Lieutenant George M. Edgar

Wharton’s Brigade – Brigadier General Gabriel Wharton

45th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Edwin H. Harman
51st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Augustus Forsberg
26th Virginia Infantry Battalion – Major Peter J. Otey

Smith’s Brigade – Colonel Thomas Smith

36th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William E. Fife
60th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Beuhring H. Jones
45th Virginia Infantry Battalion – Major Blake L. Woodson

Rodes’ Corps – Major General Robert Rodes

Rodes’ Division – Major General Robert Rodes

Ramseur’s Division – Major General Stephen D. Ramseur

Johnston’s Brigade – Brigadier General Robert D. Johnston

5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John W. Lee
12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel W.S. Davis
20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas Toon
23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Charles C. Blacknall

Lewis’ Brigade – Brigadier General William G. Lewis

6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel S.M. Tate
21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Major William J. Pfohl
54th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Anderson Ellis
57th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Archibald Godwin

Lilley’s Brigade – Brigadier General Robert Lilley

13th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Major Charles Thomas Crittenden
31st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John Stringer Hoffman
49th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Captain William D. Moffett
52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Augustus Forsberg
58th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Francis Howard Board

Artillery – Brigadier General Armistead L. Long

Artillery Division – Lieutenant Colonel J Floyd King

Braxton’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Carter Braxton

Alleghany (Va.) Artillery – Captain John C. Carpenter
Lee (Va.) Artillery – Captain W.W. Hardwicke
Stafford (Va.) Artillery – Captain Raleigh Cooper
Nelson’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel William Nelson
Amherst (Va.) Artillery – Captain Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
Fluvanna (Va.) Artillery – Captain John Massie
Milledge’s (Ga.) Battery – Captain John Milledge

McLaughlin’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel J. Floyd King (temp.)

Lewisburg (Va.) Artillery – Captain Thomas A. Bryan
Monroe (Va.) Artillery – Major William McLaughlin (temp.)
Wise Legion Artillery – Captain W.M. Lowry

Cavalry – Major General Robert Ransom

Jackson’s Brigade – Brigadier General Tyler Johnson

19th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William Thompson
20th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel William W. Arnett
46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. Kessler
47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion – Major William N. Harman

Johnson’s Brigade – Brigadier General Tyler Johnson

1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment – Captain Warner G. Welsh
2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion – Major Harry W.Gilmor
8th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel James M. Corns
21st Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel William E. Peters
22nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion – Colonel Henry S. Bowen
34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Vincent A. Witcher
36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion – Major James W. Sweeney

McCausland’s Brigade – Brigadier General John McCausland

14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel James Cochran
16th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Milton J. Ferguson
17th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William C. Tavenner (mw)
22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Henry Bowen

Imboden’s Brigade – Brigadier General John D. Imboden, Colonel George Smith

18th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel George W. Imboden
23rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Robert White
62nd Virginia Mounted infantry – Colonel George H. Smith

Union Organization at the Battle of Monocacy

Middle Department

Major General Lew Wallace

Eighth Corps (detachment)

First Separate Brigade – Brigadier General Erastus B. Tyler

1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade (5 companies) – Captain Charles J. Brown
3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade – Colonel Charles Gilpin
11th Maryland Infantry Regiment – Colonel William T. Landstreet
144th Ohio Infantry (3 companies) – Colonel Allison L. Brown
149th Ohio Infantry (7 companies) – Colonel Allison L. Brown
Baltimore Independent Battery – Captain Frederick W. Alexander
Blockhouse Howitzer – Captain William H. Wiegel

Cavalry

8th Illinois Cavalry (5 companies) – Lieutenant Colonel David R. Clendinin
159th Ohio Infantry (mounted detachment) – Captain Edward H. Leib
Cavalry Detachment – Major Charles H. Wells
Loudon (Virginia) Rangers (Companies A&B)

Sixth Corps (detachment)

Third Division – Brigadier General James B. Ricketts

First Brigade – Colonel William S. Truex (w), Colonel William Emerson

14th New Jersey Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Caldwell K. Hall
106th New York Infantry Regiment – Captain Edward M. Paine
151st New York Infantry Regiment – Colonel William Emerson (^)
87th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel James Alonzo Stahle
10th Vermont Infantry Regiment – Colonel William Wirt Henry

Second Brigade – Colonel Matthew R. McClennan

9th New York Heavy Artillery – Colonel William H. Seward, Jr. (w)
110th Ohio Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Otto H. Brinkley
122nd Ohio Infantry (detachment) – Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Gibson
126th Ohio Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Aaron W. Ebright
138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Major Lewis A. May

Units at Monrovia

Colonel John F. Staunton

6th Maryland Infantry Regiment
122nd Ohio Infantry (detachment)
67th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Stone Sentinels

The Armies at the Battle of Monocacy