Govan's Brigade

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from Durand Avenue north of Lightfoot Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1890

Cleburne's Division. Breckinridge's Corps.

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.