Pearlstone Park / Scott Burton

Historical marker location:

1040 Park Ave, Mid-Town Belvedere, Maryland

( Marker is on Park Avenue just east of North Howard Street, on the right when traveling east.)

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.