Supreme Sacrifice

Historical marker location:

Elkridge, Maryland

( Memorial is on Old Washington Road, 0.2 miles north of Hanover Road, on the right when traveling north.)

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.