Historical Marker
Long Calm
Historical marker location:
Perry Hall, Maryland
( Marker is on Philadelphia Road (Maryland Route 7) 0.1 miles north of Forge Road, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2004
Maryland History.
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.