Tullahoma Campaign

Historical marker location:

Tullahoma, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of South Jackson Street (U.S. 41A) and West Volney Street, on the right when traveling south on South Jackson Street.)

June 24-July 4, 1863. Anatomy of a Campaign.

The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.