Blue Angels

Historical marker location:

580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland

( Memorial is on Taylor Avenue (Maryland Route 435) north of Melrose Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.