Confederate Monument (Union City, Tennessee)
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Location | Summer and Edwards Sts., Union City, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°25′13″N 89°2′50″W / 36.42028°N 89.04722°WCoordinates: 36°25′13″N 89°2′50″W / 36.42028°N 89.04722°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1869 |
NRHP Reference # | 77001286[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 28, 1977 |
The Confederate Monument in Union City, Tennessee, also known as First Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead, is a simple marker erected in 1869 in a cemetery that was the burial site for the remains of 29 unidentified Confederate combatants killed in the American Civil War. Dedicated on October 21, 1869, it was one of Tennessee's first Confederate monuments.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
Union City also has a Confederate monument erected in 1909 with a dedication that reads:
- To The Confederate Soldier of Obion County
- Who Was Killed In Battle
- Who Was Starved In Federal Prison
- And Who Has Preserved Anglo-Saxon Civilization In The South[2]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 Christopher Losson, "Civil War Monuments," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
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