The Garrett Building

Historical marker location:

Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of East Redwood Street and South Street, on the left when traveling west on East Redwood Street.)

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.