Beallsville

Historical marker location:

19800 Darnestown Road, Beallsville, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Beallsville Road (Maryland Route 109) and Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28), on the right when traveling south on Beallsville Road.)

Squabble at the cemetery: Whose flag flies today?. Antietam Campaign 1862.

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.