Union City in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Unknown Soldiers Memorial
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2025
1. Unknown Soldiers Memorial
(Left gravestone)
In this area are buried eighteen unknown Confederate soldiers killed in battle
Aug-Sept Oct-1864
(Right gravestone)
In this area are buried three unknown U.S. soldiers killed in action
Aug-Sept Oct-1864
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1864.
Location. 33° 35.015′ N, 84° 32.937′ W. Memorial is in Union City, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is at the intersection of Westbrook Avenue and Flat Shoals Road when traveling north on Westbrook Avenue. The two gravestones are at the edge of the cemetery next to the parking lot of Shadnor First Baptist Church. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6320 Westbrook Ave, Union City GA 30291, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Piedmont and in Metro Atlanta. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shadnor Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Union City Centennial Time Capsule (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Campbell County Courthouse (approx. 2.1 miles away); Old Campbell County (approx. 2.1 miles away); Here the First Confedereate Flag Was Unfurled in Georgia (approx. 2.2 miles away); Celebrating Fairburn's History (approx. 2.3 miles away); The History of This Bell (approx. 2.3 miles away); Site: Old Red Oak P.O. 1864 (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union City.
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2025
2. Reverse side of In This Area Marker next to Shadnor First Baptist Church parking lot.
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2025
3. Wide view In This Area Marker
Two rows of individual "unknown" tombstones at the rear center of the photo, to the right of the arch.
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2025
4. Individual gravestones of unknown soldiers
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2025
5. Two of the Confederate unknowns from Hood's Army of Tennessee
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2025
6. An unknown Union soldier from Sherman's Army of Tennessee
Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 18, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
