USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Maryland is bordered by Pennsylvania in the north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Atlantic Ocean and Virginia in the south, and West Virginia in the west. The state can be divided into five geographical regions.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a popular belief that the Border States-Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia–comprised the Civil War’s middle ground, a region of moderation lying between the warring North and South.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maryland is a state in the Middle Atlantic region of the eastern United States. The northern border of Maryland is the famous Mason-Dixon Line, the traditional dividing line between North and South.

Detailed explanation-4: -Maryland was named a state in 1788 and was the seventh to ratify the U.S. Constitution. As a border state during the Civil War, it ultimately joined the Union, though it was divided in its support, even among family members.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the context of the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and after 1863, the new state of West Virginia.