Union Confederate Monument
Union Confederate Monument
39°04′33″N 94°34′50″W / 39.075966°N 94.580690°W / 39.075966; -94.580690
LocationUnion Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
MaterialGranite sculpture
Completion date1911
The plaque tells the story.

The Union Confederate Monument, also known as the Unknown Confederate Gravesite Monument,[1][2] is an outdoor Confederate memorial at Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.[3][4][5] The 15-foot (4.6 m) granite obelisk monument was erected by the U.S. government in 1911 to commemorate the 15 Confederate prisoners of war buried at the site.[2] The exact location of their individual graves is unknown. The memorial includes two bronze tablets displaying the names of the prisoners, who were captured during the Battle of Westport.[1][6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Union Confederate Monument Site - National Cemetery Administration". Cem.va.gov. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Union Confederate Monument Site--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary". Nps.gov. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Few firing complaints at Missouri's Confederate monuments: 'Just some guy on a horse'". Kansascity.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Burial Place of Fifteen Confederate Soldiers Historical Marker". Hmdb.org. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  5. ↑ "UNION CEMETERY HISTORICAL SOCIETY" (PDF). Kcparks.org. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kansas City". The New York Times. October 26, 1986. Retrieved August 19, 2017.


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