74th Illinois Infantry

Historical marker location:

114 South Crest Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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

Marker installed: 1898

1st Brigade - 2d Division. 4th Corps.

The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was staying, is now the National Civil Rights Museum.