 also on his date in history the first monument to be erected on the battlefield to those who fought in the battle of monocacy was dedicated in nineteen oh seven to the members of the fourteenth regiment new jersey volunteers in ceremonies conducted by survivors of that unit a confederate monument was erected on monocacy battlefield in nineteen fourteen nineteen sixty four the maryland monument was erected on the monocacy battlefield if you've never been out there you should go out there if you like history and we have it all around us