Desperate Engagement

Author and historian Marc Leepson tells the story of the Battle of Monocacy, one of the Civil War's most significant yet lesser-known battles.

Marc Leepson is a journalist, historian, and author of ten books. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967-69, including a year in the Vietnam War, and received an honorable discharge. He earned a master’s degree in history from George Washington University. Leepson is a former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly and has written for Preservation, Smithsonian, Military History, Civil War Times, Vietnam magazine, and the Washington Post.

Desperate Engagement: How a Little-known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C. and Changed the Course of American History was released in 2007.  

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