Historical Marker
90th Illinois Infantry
Historical marker location:
Chattanooga, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Glass Street (Tennessee Route 17) and Campbell Street, on the right when traveling east on Glass Street.)
Marker installed: 1899
1st Brigade - Loomis, 4th Division - Ewing,. 15th Army Corps - Blair.
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.