Madison County Confederate Monument

Historical marker location:

Jackson, Tennessee

( Memorial is at the intersection of East Main Street and South Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1888

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.