Washington County

Historical marker location:

Myersville, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (Interstate 70) 2 miles west of Maryland Route 17, on the right when traveling west.)

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.