Smith County Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

211 Main Street North, Carthage, Tennessee

( Memorial is on Main Street North just north of 2nd Avenue West, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.