Union Monument in Louisville

Union Monument in Louisville

Infobox_nrhp | name =Union Monument in Louisville
nrhp_type =


caption = Louisville Union Monument
location= Within Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 14
lat_seconds = 54.17
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 85
long_minutes = 43
long_seconds = 19.63
long_direction = W
locmapin = Kentucky
area =
built =1914
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
added = July 17, 1997
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
refnum=97000687cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

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.cite web|url=http://www.trailsrus.com/monuments/reg4/louisville.html
title=36. Union Monument, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville (Jefferson County) |accessdate=2008-01-03|work=Trails R Us Monument descriptions|publisher=Trails R Us dot Com
. "The item is #36, fourth on the webpage."] 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.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64500229.pdf National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935] |32 KiB|date=January 8, 1997 |author=Joseph E. Brent |publisher=National Park Service]

ee also

*32nd Indiana Monument
*Confederate Monument in Louisville

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