Historical Marker
Stovall's Brigade
Historical marker location:
456 South Crest Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of South Crest Road and East View Drive, on the left when traveling south on South Crest Road.)
Marker installed: 1890
Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.. Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall.
The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.