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+Letter in Union Citizen's File on Fold.com indicates the 3rd Maryland had detachments at Ellicott's Mills and Marriottsville in September 1863.
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+//Battle of West Frederick, July 7, 1864: Prelude to Battle of Monocacy//, by Joseph V. Collins
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+Third Potomac Home Brigade in the Field
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+In June 1864 the [Third Potomac Home Brigade] is stationed along the tracks of the B&O
+at critical rail stations from Sykesville, Maryland, to the mouth of
+the Monocacy River where it joins the Potomac River (south of
+Frederick), a distance of approximately thirty-two miles. Company
+C was stationed at Sykesville, while three miles west at Hoods
+Mills was stationed Company F (recently transferred from the B&O
+station at Marriottsville), and another eight miles west at Mount Airy
+were stationed Companies A and G. Then four miles to the west
+was Monrovia, which served as headquarters for the Third with
+Companies I, H, and K. Then about three miles south of Frederick
+and approximately eight miles west of Monrovia was Monocacy
+Junction, a critical point in the east-west movement of personnel
+and goods on the B&O. At Monocacy Junction a spur line ran north
+to the city of tick, while the main line of the B&O crossed
+the Monocacy River on an iron bridge and the Georgetown Pike
+highway connected Frederick and Washington, D.C. At this critical
+location Companies B and E were stationed. Finally, in a blockhouse
+we find Company D and Major Harry C. Rizer stationed some eight
+miles south of the Monocacy Junction located near the mouth of the
+Monocacy River and less than three miles southeast of the important
+Noland’s Ferry crossing. Company D had moved to this location at
+the beginning of June from their previous post at the B&O station
+at Elysville. In Company D we find Privates Isaac Van Sickle and
+his younger brother Harrison. At that location was the majestic
+-foot, eleven-arch Monocacy Aqueduct [which was constructed
+of native Maryland granite] of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that
+crossed the Monocacy and affords an easy route for both cavalry
+and infantry to utilize to avoid the possible delays in the populated
+Frederick area. The blockhouse occupied by Company D was typical
+of those constructed by the railroad during the Civil War.
+By this time in 1864, Third Regiment of the Potomac Home Brigade
+had 732 officers and men well below the full regiment strength of
+,200. According to the June 10, 1864, inspector general's report
+the following was the composition of the First Separate Brigade
+commanded by Brigadier General E.B. Tyler.
+Location (Maryland) Unit Manpower\\
+Relay House at B&O RR Brigade Headquarters?\\
+Relay House at B&O RR 3 Companies of\\
+th Ohio Infantry 228
+Fort Dix at B&O RR 2 Companies of\\
+th Ohio Infantry 142
+Elysville at B&O RR Company "C" 3rd PHB 72\\
+Hoods Mills at B&O RR Company PHB "F" 3rd PHB 77\\
+Mount Airy at B&O RR Companies "A" &\\
+"G" 3rd PHB 139\\
+Monrovia at B&O RR Cos. "I", "H" & "K" +\\
+Hdqtrs 3rd PHB 204\\
+Monocacy Junction at B&0 RR Companies "E"\\
+& "S" 160\\
+Mouth of Monocacy River Company "D" 3rd PHB 80\\
+Annapolis Junction Company "F" of 144th\\
+Ohio Infantry 71\\
+Total Troops 1,173\\
+Third Potomac Home Brigade in the Field
+Deployment of Third Potomac Home Brigade\\
+June 30, 1864
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Howard County, MD in the Civil War

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