Monocacy National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service, the site of the Battle of Monocacy in the American Civil War fought on July 9, 1864. The battlefield straddles the Monocacy ...

Andrew Banasik, superintendent at Monocacy National Battlefield, will leave his post to become Antietam National Battlefield’s superintendent May 19. Banasik is a Civil War history enthusiast ...

National Park Service ranger Nathan King stands next to new signage for the Monocacy National Battlefield’s Gambrill Trails. The park unveiled a new trail, the Upper Gambrill Trail, and a new ...

Monocacy National Battlefield offers several pleasant hikes that depart from the Worthington House. The 1.9-mile Brooks Hill loop, which winds through woodland areas and farm fields, ...

Oct. 21—Monocacy National Battlefield celebrated International Archaeology Day on Saturday by inviting members of the public to assist in digging a shovel test pit before adding new signage in ...

From left, Dan Wilson, Michelle Wilson and Ben Squier, all members of the group Monocacy Field Music, participate in a Memorial Day program held at Monocacy National Battlefield on Monday.

A rare Civil War identification tag from a soldier who was wounded at the Battle of Monocacy in 1864 has been donated to the National Park Service. Samuel M. Weigel, a private with Company G of ...

Andrew Banasik, who is now superintendent at Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick County, Md., will take over as Antietam's superintendent on May 19, according to a National Park Service ...

Private Samuel M. Weigel had already seen extensive combat by the time his veteran Union regiment reached the battlefield near Maryland’s Monocacy River in July 1864. Twenty-seven of his ...

Previously the superintendent of Monocacy National Battlefield in Fredrick, Banasik said he is excited to take on the position. "I am an old Civil War nerd," Banasik said, smiling.

Rick Slade has been named superintendent of the Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, the top leadership position at the site. “I am honored to be selected as the superintendent of ...

The Monocacy National Battlefield will present a program Saturday about General Lew Wallace, a Union commander at the Battle of Monocacy, and his role in the Battle of Shiloh, a ...