Rial P. Betts

Abt 1845 - 1864  (~ 19 years)

• Name	Rial P. Betts  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1845	New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jul 1864	Monocacy Junction, Maryland   [2]
  Person ID	I1533	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Rial Peter Betts,   b. 12 Mar 1804, Washington County, New York d. 4 Mar 1887, Wayne County, New York (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Margaret Sarah Ferris,   b. 5 Mar 1820, Mentz, Cayuga County, New York d. 11 Nov 1902, Wayne County, New York (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1844	Holy Family Catholic Church, Cayuga Co, New York   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Battle of Monocacy (also known as Monocacy Junction) was fought on July 9, 1864, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Frederick, Maryland, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace. The battle was part of Early's raid through the Shenandoah Valley and into Maryland in an attempt to divert Union forces away from Gen. Robert E. Lee's army under siege at Petersburg, Virginia. The battle was the northernmost Confederate victory of the war. While the Union troops retreated to Baltimore, Maryland, the Confederates continued toward Washington, D.C., but the battle at Monocacy delayed Early's march for a day, allowing time for Union reinforcements to arrive in the Union capital. The Confederates launched an attack on Washington on July 12 at the Battle of Fort Stevens, but were unsuccessful and retreated to Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S442] L. Ploenske, Hardy & Bruin. [S390] Wayne Co Hist, (1877), p194 (Reliability: 3). [S440] Clyde Times, (Wayne county, New York), Obit 13 Nov 1902 (Reliability: 3). [S668] Death notice, Unidentified newspaper clipping posted on Ancestry.com that has the marriage date as 2 Apr (Reliability: 3).