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.[2] It is in front of the large number of Union soldiers buried at Cave Hill.

Union Monument in Louisville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Louisville Union Monument
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Location	Within Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
Built	1914
MPS	Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
NRHP reference No.	97000687 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 17, 1997

The inscription on the monument reads: "In Memory of Unknown Union Soldiers in This Cemetery 1861-1865 Erected by Kentucky Comrades—1914".[2]

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.[3]

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  Wider view of the Union Monument

See also

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

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