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United States historic place
Union Monument in Louisville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Louisville Union Monument
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LocationWithin Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
Built1914
MPSCivil War Monuments of Kentucky
NRHP reference No.97000687
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 in the Union during the American Civil War. 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 in This Cemetery 1861-1865 Erected by Kentucky Comrades—1914".

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.

  • Wider view of the Union Monument Wider view of the Union Monument

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "36. Union Monument, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville (Jefferson County)". Trails R Us Monument descriptions. Trails R Us dot Com. Retrieved 2008-01-03.. 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)
List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky
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See also: Kentucky in the American Civil War


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