19th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Memorial is on South Crest Road south of South Crest Place, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1899

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.