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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Street view of the monument
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Location	Summer and Edwards Sts., Union City, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°25′13″N 89°2′50″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1869
NRHP reference No.	77001286[1]
Added to NRHP	July 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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. R. C. Forrester (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Confederate Monument / First Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead". National Park Service. Retrieved May 23, 2017. With three photos from 1976.
3. Christopher Losson, "Civil War Monuments," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture