Nonetheless, Confederates hoped to inspire proslavery forces in the state to rebel. Toward this end, Robert E. Lee s troops crossed into Maryland both times they invaded Northern territory. On the first invasion, in 1862, Lee s army was stopped at the Battle of Antietam, near the Maryland town of Sharpsburg. But it has also benefited greatly from neighboring Washington, D.C. military and other government-related industries have been important to Maryland s economy. Geographically, Maryland packs a lot of variety into a relatively small state, encompassing the Allegheny Mountains in the west, the rolling hills of central Maryland, the flatlands around the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coastline.
Water is everywhere.
The bay combined with some long-ago border squabbles has given Maryland its unusual shape. Daylight Saving Time is observed from early April through late October.