Longstreet's Command

Historical marker location:

Sharpsburg, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Dunker Church Road and Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling north on Dunker Church Road.)

Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division.

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.