World's First Reaping Machine

Historical marker location:

18 North Main Street, Union Bridge, Maryland

( Marker is on Main Street (Maryland Route 75) north of Broadway, on the right when traveling north.)

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.