Historical Marker
Cleburnes Division
Historical marker location:
1140 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Army of Tennessee. C.S.A.
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.