Bate's Brigade

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker is on South Crest Road south of Ridge Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1890

Breckinridge's (Bate's) Division. Breckinridge's Corps.

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.