80th Ohio Infantry

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.)

Marker installed: 1908

Raum's Brig., J.E. Smith's Div., 17th Corps.. Lieut. Col. Pren Metham.

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.