South Union Building

Historical marker location:

322 Marion Street, Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker is on North Howard Street north of Marion 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.