Monterey pass

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The Monterey Pass is in southeastern Pennsylvania, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania near the Maryland border, southwest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It lies between 1,720 Mt. Dunlap and 1,365 Monterey Peak. Pennsylvania Route 16 runs through it on its way to the town of Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. The pass was once a mountain swamp, but now much of the swamp has been drained and there are many businesses and homes along the pass as well as the Monterey Country Club. The Monterey Country Club sits upon 37 acres that were reclaimed from the mountain swamp.

As further detailed below, it was the site of a bloody battle of the civil war that has been all but forgotten. At the time of the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863, there were several cavalry skirmishes in and around the area - including Emmitsburg, Fountain Dale, and Monterey Pass.

On June 22nd the first skirmish occurred along the Monterey Mountain pass near Blue Ridge Summit. An armed civilian militia encountered a detachment of Confederates under General Albert Jenkins. The militia was forced to retreat after a very brief skirmish. General Jenkins and his Confederate troops withdrew toward Hagerstown joining General Richard S. Ewell, who was advancing with a larger force.[1]

Following the events at the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate Army retreated via Emmitsburg. On July 5th, General Stuart's soldiers were engaged in some small skirmishes with General Custer's Federal soldiers as he made his way back to General Robert E. Lee's army. The mountain swamp at Monterey Pass bogged down Stuart and the Army of Northern Virginia as they retreated.[2]