(Wikipedia) The Fight at Monterey Pass (or Gap)
was an American Civil War military engagement beginning the evening of July 4,
1863, during the Retreat from Gettysburg. A Confederate wagon train of Lt. Gen.
Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, withdrew after the
Battle of Gettysburg, and Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick
attacked the retreating Confederate column. After a lengthy delay in which a
small detachment of Maryland cavalrymen delayed Kilpatrick's division, the Union
cavalrymen captured numerous Confederate prisoners and destroyed hundreds of
wagons. Continued
Jul 5, 2012
Battle of Monterey Gap
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