55th Ohio Infantry

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from Orchard Knob Avenue north of Ivy Street.)

Marker installed: 1908

Orlando Smith's Brigade. Steinwehr's Division.

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.