Union Monument in Louisville explained

Union Monument in Louisville
Location:	Within Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
Built:	1914
Added:	July 17, 1997
Mpsub:	Civil War Monuments of Kentucky
Refnum:	97000687

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.^[1] 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".^[1]

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.^[2]

See also

• 32nd Indiana Monument
• Confederate Monument in Louisville
• List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky
• Louisville in the American Civil War

Notes and References

1. Web site: 36. Union Monument, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville (Jefferson County) . 2008-01-03. Trails R Us Monument descriptions. Trails R Us dot Com. . The item is #36, fourth on the webpage.
2. [{{NRHP url|id=64500229}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935]. pdf. January 8, 1997 . Joseph E. Brent . National Park Service.