The Confederate Monument in

Union City, Tennessee Union City is a city in and the county seat of Obion County, Tennessee, United States. 11,170 people were living in the town as of the 2020 census. It is the principal urban settlement of the surrounding micropolitan area, which includes Obion Cou ...

, also known as First Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead, is a simple marker erected in 1869 in a

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that was the burial site for the remains of 29 unidentified

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combatants killed in the

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. It is about tall. Dedicated on October 21, 1869, it was one of

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's first Confederate

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s.Christopher Losson,
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" ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'' It was listed on the

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in 1977. It is asserted to be the first monument to honor unknown Confederate dead. With . 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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Buildings and structures in Obion County, Tennessee Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Tennessee Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Obion County, Tennessee Obelisks in the United States 1869 establishments in Tennessee {{ObionCountyTN-NRHP-stub