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Monocacy River The Monocacy River () is a free-flowing left tributary to the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The river is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data ...

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, USA. Monocacy may also refer to:

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Little Monocacy River The Little Monocacy River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary stream of the Potomac River. Despite its name, the stream does not feed into the ...

, a tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland *

Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary) Monocacy Creek (pronounced muh-naw-cuh-see) is a tributary of the Lehigh River in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. History and notable features The creek's name is a corruption of ...

, a tributary of the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania * Monocacy Creek (Schuylkill River), a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania

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USS Monocacy (1864) The first USS ''Monocacy'' was a Sidewheel steamer, sidewheel gunboat in the United States Navy. She was named for the Battle of Monocacy. ''Monocacy'' was launched by A. & W. Denmead & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, on 14 December 1864; sponsored b ...

, the first ''Monocacy'', a gunboat launched in, and served until 1903 *

USS Monocacy (PG-20) USS ''Monocacy'' was one of two shallow draft gunboats designed for service on the upper Yangtze River over inland. It was pre-constructed at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1912 and then dismantled and shipped to Shanghai, China. She was laid down by ...

, the second ''Monocacy'', commissioned in 1914 and decommissioned in 1939 * USS Genesee (AT-55), originally the civilian tug ''Monocacy'' (1905)

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Monocacy Aqueduct The Monocacy Aqueduct — or C&O Canal Aqueduct No. 2 — is the largest aqueduct on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, crossing the Monocacy River just before it empties into the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. The 438 foot (133 ...

, crosses the Monocacy River near its mouth *

Monocacy National Battlefield Monocacy National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service, the site of the Battle of Monocacy in the American Civil War fought on July 9, 1864. The battlefield straddles the Monocacy River southeast of the city of Frederick, Maryland. ...

, memorializing the Battle of Monocacy (1864), fought near the Monocacy River *

Battle of Monocacy The Battle of Monocacy (also known as Monocacy Junction) was fought on July 9, 1864, about from Frederick, Maryland, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate States Army, Confederate forces under Lieut ...

, the July 1864 Civil War battle * Monocacy (MARC station) named for the battlefield site * Monocacy Station, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania

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