22nd Illinois Infantry

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Memorial can be reached from South Crest Road north of South Crest Place, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1899

3rd Brigade - 2rd Division.. 4th Corps.

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.