Gaithersburg

Historical marker location:

506 South Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from South Frederick Ave (Route 355) just north of Fairbanks Drive, on the left when traveling north.)

Summit Hall Farm. Gettysburg Campaign.

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.