Colonel Benjamin Fowler

Historical marker location:

2400 East Fort Avenue, Locust Point Industrial Area, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Constellation Plaza, 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1933

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.