Historical Marker
19th Illinois Infantry
Historical marker location:
212 South Crest Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee
( Marker is on South Crest Road south of South Crest Place, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1897
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.