1632 Shakespeare Street

Historical marker location:

1632 Shakespeare Street, Fells Point, Maryland

( Marker is on Shakespeare Street just west of South Broadway, on the right when traveling west.)

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.