"Cav. Area"

Historical marker location:

Fort Meade, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Mapes Road and 6th Armored Cavalry Road, on the left when traveling west on Mapes Road.)

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.