Epsom Chapel

Historical marker location:

Towson, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and East Joppa Road, on the right when traveling south on Virginia Avenue.)

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.