Withstanding Confederate Attack
Confederate General D. H. Hill’s division crossed the Potomac River at Point of Rocks on September 4, 1862, and marched south to clear Union forces from the area. His men breached and drained the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at several places, burned canal boats, and damaged the Spinks Ferry Lock (Lock 27) south of here. They also breached the Little Monocacy Culvert but did not have enough tools or spare gunpowder to damage the vital Monocacy Aqueduct.
A few days later, on Spetember 9, Confederate General John G. Walker’s division spent several hours attempting to destroy the aqueduct, but were stymied by its “extraordinary solidity and massiveness.” The Confederates pilled several kegs of gunpowder under one of the arches, lit the fuse, and ran like hell. When the smoke cleared, the great stone aqueduct remained standing and undamaged.
Withstanding Confederate Attack
Confederate General D. H. Hill’s division crossed the Potomac River at Point of Rocks on September 4, 1862, and marched south to clear Union forces from the area. His men breached and drained the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at several places, burned canal boats, and damaged the Spinks Ferry Lock (Lock 27) south of here. They also breached the Little Monocacy Culvert but did not have enough tools or spare gunpowder to damage the vital Monocacy Aqueduct.
A few days later, on Spetember 9, Confederate General John G. Walker’s division spent several hours attempting to destroy the aqueduct, but were stymied by its “extraordinary solidity and massiveness.” The Confederates pilled several kegs of gunpowder under one of the arches, lit the fuse, and ran like hell. When the smoke cleared, the great stone aqueduct remained standing and undamaged.