Fall Sunday Afternoon Program – October 20, 2024

LBG Britt Isenberg’s 20 October 2024 “Never Under Such Perilous Circumstances Did A Command Behave Better” The Battle of Monterey Pass

The Army of Northern Virginia began their retreat from Gettysburg on Independence Day and their safe passage back to Virginia required overcoming two geographic obstacles; the Blue Ridge and the Potomac River. On the night of July 4, General Judson Kilpatrick’s division struck the Confederate line of retreat in a raging thunderstorm near Monterey Pass and the fight continued on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line into the morning hours of July 5. This tour will trace the battle from first contact into the Cumberland Valley.

Acknowledgement of Risks