John Eager Howard

Historical marker location:

Mount Vernon, Maryland

( Marker is on West Centre Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.