Milling

Historical marker location:

67 West Baltimore Street, Hagerstown, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of West Baltimore Street.)

Grist to the Mill.

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.