Gettysburg Campaign Monterey Pass was the site of the July 1863
Fight at Monterey Pass during the
Retreat from Gettysburg in the
American Civil War. The first
military engagement at Monterey Pass occurred on June 22, 1863. Captain Robert B. Moorman, commanding Company D of the
14th Virginia Cavalry was dispatched eastward from the area between
Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and
Hagerstown, Maryland, to obtain horses reportedly available from local Southern sympathizers. After the company passed through
Leitersburg, Maryland, and on to
Caledonia Furnace; at Monterey the company encountered Bell's Adams County Cavalry and the
First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, both temporarily based in Gettysburg. After a very brief skirmish, the Confederate troops withdrew toward Hagerstown, joining General
Richard S. Ewell, who was advancing with a larger force. Previous combat in the area included a
June 21 engagement at Fairfield, and subsequent engagements prior to the
Battle of Gettysburg included the first combat of
Adams County, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War. (Pennsylvania militia at
Fountain Dale on June 28) and at
Emmitsburg, Maryland, on June 24. In addition to the July 4–5
Fight at Monterey Pass, July 4 combat in the area included the
Skirmish at Fairfield Gap, Pennsylvania, and skirmishes near
Emmitsburg MD (9.4 miles east), Zora, Pennsylvania, and
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania (6.5 miles west).
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