A Panicked Stampede

Historical marker location:

Parkers Crossroads, Tennessee

( Marker is on Wildersville Road, 0.2 miles Tennessee Route 22, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2015

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.