Historic Savage Mill

Historical marker location:

Savage, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Washington Street, 0.4 miles west of Foundry Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Established 1822. Welcome to Historic Savage Mill.

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.