Built 1869 Opened 1869 Added to NRHP 28 July 1977 | NRHP Reference # 77001286 Area 2,000 m² | |
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Location Summer and Edwards Sts., Union City, Tennessee Similar Confederate Monument in Louisvi, Confederate Memorial, Shiloh National Military P, Augusta Confederate Monument, Greenwood Cemetery - New Orle | ||
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. 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.
Union City also has a Confederate monument erected in 1909 with a dedication that reads:
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