Forrest's Raid

Historical marker location:

Lexington, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of East Church Street (U.S. 412) and College Lane, on the right when traveling east on East Church Street.)

Dec. 18, 1862.

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.