40th Illinois Infantry

Historical marker location:

Shiloh, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Sherman Road and McClernand Road, on the right when traveling south on Sherman Road.)

McDowell's Brigade - Sherman's Division. Army of the Tennessee.

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.