Antietam Station

Historical marker location:

Sharpsburg, Maryland

( Marker is on Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the left when traveling north.)

Railroad to Reunion. Antietam Campaign 1862.

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.