Olney House

Historical marker location:

3308 Olney Sandy Springs Road, Olney, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Olney Sandy Spring Road (Maryland Route 108) east of Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97), on the right when traveling east.)

Also known as Little Olney.

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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.