88th Illinois Infantry

Historical marker location:

195 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.

Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. It joined the Confederacy in June 1861, but a significant portion of its population remained loyal to the Union, leading to a bitter and divided conflict within the state.