Union City in Obion County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Unknown Confederate Dead Monument

1. Unknown Confederate Dead Monument

Inscription. Unknown Confederate Dead

Erected 1869.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 36° 25.259′ N, 89° 2.841′ W. Monument is in Union City, Tennessee, in Obion County. It is at the intersection of Summer Street and Edwards Street, on the right when traveling west on Summer Street. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 911 Summer Street, Union City TN 38261, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Union City, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot

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(approx. half a mile away); First Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead (approx. half a mile away); Mt. Zion Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. half a mile away); Obion County Confederate Monument (approx. half a mile away); First Christian Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Reading the Rail (approx. 1.6 miles away); 80-Pound Railroad Rail (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Rotary Pavilion (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union City.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Unknown Soldier Monument (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

2. Unknown Confederate Dead Monument

South-facing side of monument

Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (North side) image. Click for full size.

3. Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (North side)

This is the only inscribed side of the monument..

National Register of Historic Places stone image. Click for full size.

September 6, 2020

4. National Register of Historic Places stone

Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2020. This page has been viewed 879 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 10, 2020. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.