Confederate Monument (Union City, Tennessee)

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. It is about 40 feet (12 m) tall.[2] Dedicated on October 21, 1869, it was one of Tennessee's first Confederate monuments.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

Confederate Monument
Street view of the monument
LocationSummer and Edwards Sts., Union City, Tennessee
Coordinates36°25′13″N 89°2′50″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1869
NRHP reference No.77001286[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1977

It is asserted to be the first monument to honor unknown Confederate dead.[2]

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[3]

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