Battery B

Historical marker location:

Sharpsburg, Maryland

( Marker is on Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1900

1st Md Light Artillery.

The University of Maryland was founded in 1856: The University of Maryland, College Park, was founded in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College. Today, it is the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland and is one of the largest universities in the state.