Buckeystown

Historical marker location:

Buckeystown, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Buckeystown Pike (State Highway 85) and Manor Woods Road, on the right when traveling south on Buckeystown Pike.)

Marker installed: 1995

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.