Union Artillery Batteries

Historical marker location:

Union Trail Loop, Blakeley, Alabama

( Marker is on Union Trail Loop west of Old Blakeley Road, on the left.)

Marker installed: 2017

The first known use of the phrase "Roll Tide" was in a 1907 Birmingham News article that referred to the University of Alabama football team. The phrase became a rallying cry for Alabama football fans and is still used today.