Up in Flames

Historical marker location:

17901 Magruder's Ferry Road, Brandywine, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Magruder's Ferry Road, 1.1 miles east of Croom Road (Maryland Route 382).)

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.

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.