Historical Marker
Col. Guilford Dudley Bailey
Historical marker location:
5315 Elliott Road, Bethesda, Maryland
( Marker is on Elliott Road, 0.4 miles west of Ashfield Road, on the right when traveling west.)
The Fallen Union Officer for Whom the Battery Was Named.
Harriet Tubman, a famous abolitionist, was born in Maryland: Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and became a famous abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. She later returned to Maryland many times to lead other enslaved people to freedom.