1864 Civil War Soldier Letter with Hand-Drawn Map - Monkton Maryland - Guarding the Northern Central Railroad - 'Chicken Raid' Incident
This letter offers a specific window into the defense of the Northern Central Railroad (NCR), a critical supply line for the Union Army connecting Baltimore to Harrisburg. In 1864, regiments like the 8th Massachusetts Infantry were stationed along this line to protect bridges from Confederate raiders (Gilmor’s Raid had struck.....