 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sechikamu chokupinda kwechitatu kukuru kweConfederate kuNorth, uku pasi pokutonga kwaGeneral Jubal Early nemapoka akati wandei emauto pabasa rokurwisa guta guru renyika kuWashington, D.C. uye zvichida kusunungura vasungwa veSouthern-vehondo paCamp Point Look-Out kumaodzanyemba kweMaryland pamusangano weChesapeake Bay neRwizi rwePotomac muSt. Marys County. Pashure peHondo yeMonocacy, pamwe neMonocacy Rwizi musi waChikunguru 9, 1864, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweFrederick muFrederick County, Maryland, Colonel Gilmors command, pamwe neFredericks Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnsons Maryland Confederate infantry uye cavalry, vakaita nhevedzano yekupamba vakakomberedza Baltimore vachienda kure kumabvazuva seMagnolia Station muHarford County, Maryland neFork, Maryland. Musi waChikunguru 10, 1864, Major Harry Gilmor we2nd Maryland Cavalry akapihwa varume 135 ve1st ne2nd Maryland, uye akatungamirwa kuyambuka kuchamhembe kweBaltimore County kupinda muHarford County kuJerusalem Mill, uye kuparadza zambuko rechitima chePhiladelphia, Wilmington, neBaltimore Railroad paMagnolia Station, mhiri kweGunpowder River, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweguta, muHarford County. Panguva iyi, paaipfuura nomunharaunda yokumusha kwake, akamira ndokushanya kumhuri yake paimba yemhuri Glen Ellen, ipapo pedyo nemusha wekare weWarren, zvino pasi pemvura yeLoch Raven Reservoir. Mangwanani-ngwanani aJuly 11, boka raGilmor rakapfuura pamba paIshmael Day paSunshine Avenue muFork. Day, mutsigiri akasimba weUnion, akanga arembera mureza mukuru weUnited States kuti agamuchire mauto aGilmor. Sergeant Eugene Fields, nhengo yechikwata chevarindi vokutanga, akaudza Day kubvisa mureza wacho. Day akaramba, naizvozvo Sgt. Fields akaburuka kuti azviite amene. Day akapfura Field ari pedyo nepfuti. Day akabva angotiza, ndokuhwanda pasi pemuti wemuapuro kwemazuva akawanda kusvikira mauto aipfuura apera. Varume vaGilmor vakabva vapisa imba yaDay nedanga. Maj. Gilmor akatumira Sgt. Field kuWrights Hotel yaishandiswa naW.O.B. Wright paHarford Road, kwaakazofira. 