Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Historical marker location:

100 Cathedral St, Mount Vernon, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Cathedral Street and West Read Street, on the left when traveling south on Cathedral 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.