Knoxville

Historical marker location:

300 Main Street Southwest, Knoxville, Tennessee

( Marker is on South Gay Street south of Main Street Southwest, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1949

First Capital of Tennessee. 1796-1807, 1807-1812, 1817-1818.

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.