Railroads Eclipse a National Road

Historical marker location:

837 W Pratt St, Washington Village/Pigtown, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from West Pratt Street (U.S. 40).)

<i>Thus will scientific power conquer space.</i>.

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.