Russell's Brigade

Historical marker location:

Shiloh, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Sherman Road and Cavalry Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Clark's Division - Polk's Corps. Army of the Mississippi.

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.