Joshua Johnson

Historical marker location:

Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of West Baltimore Street and North Hanover Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1984

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.