Adam the First

Historical marker location:

5705 Richards Valley Rd, Columbia, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Waterloo Road (Maryland Route 108) and Richard Valley Road, on the right when traveling north on Waterloo Road.)

Marker installed: 1987

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.