Confederate Monument

Summer and Edwards Sts., Union City, Tennessee. County/parish: Obion.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 28, 1977. NRIS 77001286.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

• First Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead

From Wikipedia:

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. Dedicated on October 21, 1869, it was one of Tennessee's first Confederate monuments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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

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

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