Union Confederate Monument

The Union Confederate Monument, also known as the Unknown Confederate Gravesite Monument,^[1][2] is an outdoor Confederate memorial at Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.^[3][4][5] The 15-foot (4.6 m) granite obelisk monument was erected by the U.S. government in 1911 to commemorate the 15 Confederate prisoners of war buried at the site.^[2] The exact location of their individual graves is unknown. The memorial includes two bronze tablets displaying the names of the prisoners, who were captured during the Battle of Westport.^[1][6]

Union Confederate Monument

Union Confederate Monument
Location	Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates	39.075966°N 94.580690°W / 39.075966; -94.580690
Material	Granite sculpture
Completion date	1911

The plaque tells the story.

See also

• 1911 in art
• List of Confederate monuments and memorials