Snowden's Mill

Historical marker location:

13104 Mica Court, Colesville, Maryland

( Marker is on Paint Branch Trail east of Collingwood Terrace, on the left when traveling south.)

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.