Baltimore and Frederick Turnpike Milestone

Historical marker location:

8004 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, Maryland

( Marker is on Frederick Road just east of Maryland Avenue, on the left when traveling east.)

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.