Old City Cemetery, Union City, TN
According
to the old heads at Hardee's, The Union City Cemetery is what is commonly
referred to as the Confederate Cemetery, or at least it adjoins the same. It can be
approached from the street that runs on the east side of the tennis courts by the high
school. In fact, it is just north of the courts.
Confederate
Cemetery and Monument, Ben Norrid Photo
Union City, 1868-69, citizens erected the first Monument To The Unknown Confederate
Soldier.
Some present at a 1909 dedication were
John Barnes; A. L. Brevard; W. W. Casey, J. B. Caudle; John Cavehaugh, J. E. Cloan,
J. R. Hughes, T. R. Inman, J. T. Lasley, W. Z. Massengill, Dr. P. Matlock;
Hugh McDonald; J. H. McDowell; H. P. McMurray; F. M. McRee; E. N. Moore;
R. W. Powell, Rice Ross, W. H. Sanders, W. B. Sowell, C. G. Thomas.