Union City in Obion County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Obion County Confederate Monument
Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 2022
1. Obion County Confederate Monument (north side)
[North side]
To the
Confederate
soldiers of
Obion County
[West side]
soldier of Obion County
who was killed in battle
who was starved in
Federal prisons, and who
has preserved Anglo-
Saxon civilization
in the South
Erected 1909 by Leonidas Polk Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
Location. 36° 25.454′ N, 89° 3.372′ W. Monument is in Union City, Tennessee, in Obion County. It is on East Church Street east of South Depot Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in Kiwanis Park. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: 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
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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 (within shouting distance of this marker); First Christian Church (approx. Ό mile away); Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (approx. half a mile away); Mt. Zion Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); First Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead (approx. 0.9 miles away); Reading the Rail (approx. 1.1 miles away); 80-Pound Railroad Rail (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Rotary Pavilion (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union City.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Unknown Soldier Monument (was approx. half a mile away but has been permanently removed).
Also see . . . Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Wikipedia entry. Excerpt:
... an American pseudohistorical negationist mythology that claims the cause of the Confederate(Submitted on February 28, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. It has continued to influence racism, gender roles and religious attitudes in the South to the present day. ...Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 20222. Obion County Confederate Monument (north side)
Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 2022
3. Obion County Confederate Monument (west side)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2022. This page has been viewed 932 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 27, 2022.
