James Worley

Historical marker location:

Dickson, Tennessee

( Marker is on Furnace Hollow Road, 0.1 miles east of Laurel Hills Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. It joined the Confederacy in June 1861, but a significant portion of its population remained loyal to the Union, leading to a bitter and divided conflict within the state.