Harriet Chapel

Historical marker location:

12625 Catoctin Furnace Rd, Catoctin Furnace, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Catoctin Furnace Road (Maryland Route 806) north of Catoctin Hollow Road.)

Marker installed: 2017

Circa 1828.

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.