Historical Marker
Ellicotts Upper Mills
Historical marker location:
Ellicott City, Maryland
( Marker is on Old Frederick Road, 1.5 miles east of Rogers Avenue, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1976
1775.
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.