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 | |
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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°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
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Christopher Losson, "Civil War Monuments," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
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