MacAlpine

Historical marker location:

3621 MacAlpine Road, Ellicott City, Maryland

( Marker is on MacAlpine Road, 0.1 miles south of Frederick Road, on the left when traveling south.)

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.