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Historical marker location:

129 Bay Shore Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Bay Shore Avenue east of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Annapolis Maritime Museum.

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.