A Final Tribute

Historical marker location:

Westminster, Maryland

( Memorial is on Court Place, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2006

Battle of Westminster. Corbit's Charge, June 29, 1863.

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.