Union Monument in Louisville

Union Monument in Louisville
Louisville Union Monument
Union Monument in Louisville is located in Kentucky
Union Monument in Louisville
Location within Kentucky
Union Monument in Louisville is located in the United States
Union Monument in Louisville
Location within the United States
LocationWithin Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
Built1914
MPSCivil War Monuments of Kentucky
NRHP reference No.97000687 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1997

The Union Monument in Louisville is located in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built in 1914 from granite, honoring unknown soldiers who fought for the Union during the American Civil War.[2] It is in front of the large number of Union soldiers buried at Cave Hill.

The inscription on the monument reads: "In Memory of / Unknown Union Soldiers / Buried in This Cemetery / 1861 — 1865 / Erected by / Kentucky Comrades / 1914".[2]

The monument was one of sixty American Civil War monuments in Kentucky that were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "36. Union Monument, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville (Jefferson County)". Trails R Us Monument descriptions. Trails R Us dot Com. Retrieved January 3, 2008.. The item is #36, fourth on the webpage.
  3. ↑ Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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