Hometown Hero

Historical marker location:

Towson, Maryland

( Marker is on Washington Avenue.)

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. War of 1812.

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.