Alvan Cullen Gillem

Historical marker location:

101 E Hull Ave, Gainesboro, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of East Hull Avenue (Tennessee Route 53) and South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on East Hull Avenue.)

July 29, 1830 - December 2, 1875.

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.