Grove Farm

Historical marker location:

Sharpsburg, Maryland

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

A Visit from the President. Antietam Campaign 1862.

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.