Battery Clagett

Historical marker location:

Fort Howard, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Fort Howard Park Road, 0.6 miles south of North Point Road (Old Maryland Route 20) when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1981

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.