240 High Street

Historical marker location:

240 S High St, Little Italy, Maryland

( Marker is on South High Street just north of Fawn 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.