Maryland Official Visitors Guide - 2017
Drive Through History On A Civil War Trail
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Download the free Maryland Civil War Trails app and follow these signs to more than 200 Civil War sites.
When the Civil War divided the nation, Maryland found itself on the conflict’s pivotal border between North and South, and braced itself for war. The state allied with the Union, and yet slavery was legal here until 1864. Its citizens were just as ideologically divided as the soldiers on the battlefield. There is no better way to discover how a nation once divided came back together than traveling a Maryland Civil War Trail.
Baltimore: A House Divided
The Baltimore Civil War Trail includes the Baltimore Riot Walking Tour, which chronicles the high tensions among Baltimore’s divided residents that erupted after President-elect Abraham Lincoln passed through town.
Gettysburg: Invasion and Retreat
This trail details the routes taken and stops made by both Confederate and Union troops during June and July 1863, leading up to and directly following the Battle of Gettysburg.
Attack on Washington: The Last Invasion
In July 1864, Union and Confederate troops clashed at the Battle of Monocacy in Frederick. This last raid at Monocacy has become known as the “Battle That Saved Washington.”
Monocacy National Battlefield Tour
Antietam Campaign and John Wilkes Booth: Escape of an Assassin
These two trails also double as Maryland Scenic Byways. Find their information starting on page 40.
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