Railroad History

Historical marker location:

106 Roundhouse Dr, Perryville, Maryland

( Marker is on Roundhouse Drive just south of Smith Lane, 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.