75th Illinois Infantry

Historical marker location:

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

( Marker is on Shingle Road, 0.2 miles north of Military Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1899

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.