General Clifton Bledsoe Cates

Historical marker location:

Knoxville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Cumberland Ave. and James Agee Street, on the left when traveling east on Cumberland Ave..)

1893-1970. United States Marine Corps.

The state bird of Tennessee is the northern mockingbird, and the state flower is the iris. The state tree is the tulip poplar, and the state animal is the raccoon.