Confederate_Monument_(Union_City,_Tennessee)
Confederate Monument (Union City, Tennessee)
United States historic place
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]
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]