An Old Mill Stream

Historical marker location:

4300 Windsor Mill Rd, Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Windsor Mill Road.)

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.