. Young folk's history of the war for the union . ed daysmen—that is, men who hadenlisted to serve for a hun-dred days—but hearing thatthe Sixth Corps was on itsway to Washington, he de-termined to fight Early, inhope of detaining him nntilthe veteran troops should ar-rive. No one then knewanything about the numberor the destination of the Con-federate force, but it was be-lieved to be large enough to capture either Washington or Bal-timore. The authorities at the Capital were excited with fear,and the wildest rumors were set afloat and believed by every-body. Early reached Wallaces position o
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . ed daysmen—that is, men who hadenlisted to serve for a hun-dred days—but hearing thatthe Sixth Corps was on itsway to Washington, he de-termined to fight Early, inhope of detaining him nntilthe veteran troops should ar-rive. No one then knewanything about the numberor the destination of the Con-federate force, but it was be-lieved to be large enough to capture either Washington or Bal-timore. The authorities at the Capital were excited with fear,and the wildest rumors were set afloat and believed by every-body. Early reached Wallaces position on the Monocacy in themorning of July 9, and after a sharp fight, in which nearly twothousand Union men were lost, was victorious. AVallace re-treated to Baltimore, followed by the Confederate cavalry, whichtore up the railroad track and destroyed the great Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad bridge. The Union people of Baltimorewere greatly excited by the news of the defeat and the reportthat the Confederates were approaching, while the secessionists. JuBAL Early. 1864.] GENERAL FRANKLINS ESCAPE. 449 could scarcely hide their joy. Drums beat in the streets, andthousands of loyal men armed themselves and went to helj^ de-fend the earthworks around the city, while women anxiouslypacked their valuables and made ready for flight. The Con-federates, under General Bradley Johnson, of Maryland, reachedthe suburbs the next day, but found the works too strong to betaken by a dash, and contented themselves with destroyingrailroads and other property. Major Harry Gilmor, also anative of Maryland, was sent to cut the railways between Balti-more and Philadelphia. He stopped the train going north-ward, plundered the passengers and mails, and destroyed thecars. Among the passengers Avas Major-General Franklin, whohad been prominent in McClellansarmy. He was in citizens clothesand might have passed unnoticedif some secession women had notpointed him out to Colonel took him prisoner an
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