The Old Wagon Road looking toward the direction
of Fairfield
As a fund raiser, the Monterey Pass Battlefield Foundation will be
selling our first published book entitled "The Battle of Monterey
Pass". 90% of the proceeds will go back into completing the
parking lot where the Monterey Pass Wayside Exhibit will be
installed later this year.
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Welcome to the
web site of the Monterey Pass Battlefield Association. The Monterey
Pass Battlefield Association is composed of individuals, re-enactors
and community organizations whose main goal is to preserve this Civil
War battlefield and educate our community about the Civil War
significance of the Battle of Monterey Pass through interpretational
programs such as reading material, lectures or special events that
include living histories. There are no visitor services established for the Monterey Pass
battle site or for Fairfield Pass, as the entire battlefield is in private ownership.
The
association's purpose is to honor the memory of the men, both Union
and Confederate, who fought during the night of July 4th into the
early morning of July 5th, 1863 during a blinding thunderstorm which
many citizens of the area participated in the fight serving as guides.
Many engagements
were fought during the Gettysburg Campaign that is often
overlooked. One of those engagements is the battle of Monterey Pass,
which is the second largest battle in Pennsylvania and was the only
battle fought on both sides of the Mason and Dixon Line taking place
in four counties, Frederick and Washington Counties, Maryland and
Adams and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania. Being a direct route to the
Potomac River, Monterey Pass was used by the bulk of the Confederate
Army during it’s withdraw from Gettysburg.
In 1890, Lt.
Colonel Walter H. Taylor moved to Cascade during the summer. He would
talk about the Monterey area where he and General Lee took a break
from the retreat long enough to watch a portion of his army march back
to the Potomac. Today the Taylor resident is operated as a bed and
breakfast called the Cascade Inn. |
