Hallowed Ground

Historical marker location:

18291 Brooke Rd, Sandy Spring, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Brooke Road, 0.1 miles north of Hickory Knoll Road, on the right when traveling north.)

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.