Slag Heaps

Historical marker location:

12698 Catoctin Furnace Rd, Catoctin Furnace, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Catoctin Furnace Road (Maryland Route 806) south of Kellys Store Road, on the right when traveling south.)

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.