The Fields at Renaissance Park

Historical marker location:

Essex, Maryland

( Marker is on Old Eastern Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Stemmers Run Road.)

Water Quality Wet Pond. Hopkins Creek Watershed, Middle River.

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.