73rd Ohio Infantry

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from Orchard Knob Avenue north of Ivy Street.)

Marker installed: 1908

Orlando Smith's Brigade. Steinwehr's Division.

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.