Historical Marker

104th Illinois Infantry

Historical marker location:
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from Shingle Road, 0.1 miles north of Military Road.)
Marker installed: 1899

The Great Train Robbery of 1866, one of the most famous train robberies in American history, took place in Tennessee. A group of Confederate veterans stole $90,000 from a train traveling from Nashville to Chattanooga.