Giles County / Marshall County

Historical marker location:

9211 Lewisburg Hwy, Cornersville, Tennessee

( Marker is on Lewisburg Highway (Alternate U.S. 31) just north of Interstate 65, on the left when traveling north.)

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.