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

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The “Worthington-McKinney Ford” wayside marker is is in the yard of the Worthington House on the Monocacy Battlefield. (see map below) Two other wayside markers are nearby, McCausland’s Attack and Worthington House.

From the marker:

Worthington-McKinney Ford

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. July 9, 1864

Confederate troops succeeded in finding their way across the Monocacy River at the foot of this hill. Brig. Gen. John McCausland’s 350 cavalrymen came up over the hill and assembled on the front yard of the Worthington farm. Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon’s 3,000 infantrymen crossed about three hours later, swung south of the house, and proceeded over Brooks Hill to your left. The next goal of the Confederates: to maneuver around the Federals’ left line on the neighboring Thomas farm.

Location

Worthington House is about three miles by road from the Nation Battlefield Park Visitor Center. From the Center take Urbana Road south 0.95 mile. Turn south (right) on Araby Curch Road 0.45 mile. Turn southwest (right) on Baker Valley Road. Proceed 0.65 mile to just pass the freeway underpass, then turn north (right) on the National Park service road. Worthington House, the markers and the trailhead are 0.8 mile down the service road. (39°21’41.9″N 77°24’06.9″W)