Araby View in Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Burning the Bridge
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Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 1, 2017
1. Burning the Bridge Marker
On July 9, 1864, a wooden covered bridge spanned the Monocacy River where you see the present-day Urbana Pike Bridge. The covered bridge provided easy movement for the Confederates, intent on speeding 15,000 troops with their horses, wagons, and artillery toward their objective, Washington, D.C. Union General Wallace ordered the bridge held at all hazard. Throughout the morning the Confederates advanced on the bridge, but a determined Union force held them back. By noon, Wallace decided to move his troops toward the Confederate threat at the Thomas farm, then ordered the bridge burned. Sheaves of wheat were gathered and ignited under the bridge's roof; flames engulfed the structure destroying it.
[The covered bridge] had to go....I remember as if it were yesterday the struggle I had with myself to have the match applied....I gave the word and in a moment...the old crossing was in a whirl of flame and smoke.
Union Major General Lew Wallace
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts •
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Location. 39° 22.172′ N, 77° 23.284′ W. Marker is in Frederick, Maryland, in Frederick County. It is in Araby View. It can be reached from the intersection of Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) and Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling north. Located along a walking trail at the Gambrill Mill (stop five on the driving tour of Monocacy Battlefield), which on a lane off the right side (east) of Urbana Pike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4823 Urbana Pike, Frederick MD 21704, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Desperate Escape (here,
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 1, 2017
2. Burning the Bridge Marker
Other markers no longer nearby. Fleeing for Their Lives (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Burning of the Bridge (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Bush Creek Crossing (was about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); Monocacy National Battlefield (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Monocacy National Battlefield (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Gambrill Mill (was
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 1, 2017
3. Burning the Bridge
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Old Marker At This Location titled "Burning of the Bridge".
Also see . . . Monocacy National Battlefield. National Park Service website entry (Submitted on June 1, 2017.)
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 1, 2017
4. The Urbana Pike Bridge over the Monocacy River
Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,233 times since then and 62 times this year. Last updated on March 28, 2022, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
