In Maryland, the Civil War is best explored in the footsteps of generals, on the heels of an assassin and by understanding the stories of the citizens who survived the conflict. Four carefully mapped driving tours link together a collection of both well-known and less-known sites from Baltimore City, throughout the Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland and into Western Maryland.

The Antietam Campaign: Lee Invades Maryland	Gettysburg:Invasion & Retreat	John Wilks Booth: Escape of an Assassin/ War on the Chesapeake Bay	Baltimore: A House Divided/War on the Chesapeake Bay

From the Kennedy Farm, where John Brown stages his 1859 attack on Harpers Ferry to Abraham Lincoln's 1865 funeral train, there's no better way to uncover the story than on a Maryland Civil War Trail.

 

Events that mark the 150-year anniversary, the sesquicentennial, of the Civil War run from 2009 to 2015. In 2009, experience scores of events that commemorate abolitionist John Brown’s raid on the U.S. arsenal in Harpers Ferry. Brown’s famous raid set off a flood of reaction among loyalists in the North and South. Armed conflict became inevitable. Check events related to John Brown’s raid at www.johnbrownraid.org. Travel in John Brown's footsteps, following events leading to and resulting from his raid on the John Brown Travel Itinerary.