Baileyton / Oakland Seminary

Historical marker location:

6535 Horton Highway, Baileyton, Tennessee

( Marker is on Horton Highway, 0.1 miles south of Shadow Wood Park, on the right when traveling south.)

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.