Union Confederate Monument

{{Short description|Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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File:Union Cemetery Confederate Monument plaque.jpg

The Union Confederate Monument, also known as the Unknown Confederate Gravesite Monument,{{cite web|url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/union_confed.asp|title=Union Confederate Monument Site - National Cemetery Administration|website=Cem.va.gov|accessdate=August 19, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/missouri/Union_Confederate_Monument_Site.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512082909/https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Missouri/Union_Confederate_Monument_Site.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2017|title=Union Confederate Monument Site--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary|website=Nps.gov|accessdate=August 19, 2017}} is an outdoor Confederate memorial at Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article168016742.html|title=Few firing complaints at Missouri's Confederate monuments: 'Just some guy on a horse'|website=Kansascity.com|accessdate=August 19, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=63093|title=Burial Place of Fifteen Confederate Soldiers Historical Marker|website=Hmdb.org|accessdate=August 19, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://kcparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Walking-Tour-Map-of-Union-Cemetery.pdf|title=UNION CEMETERY HISTORICAL SOCIETY|website=Kcparks.org|accessdate=August 19, 2017}} The {{Convert|15|ft|m|adj=on}} granite obelisk monument was erected by the U.S. government in 1911 to commemorate the 15 Confederate prisoners of war buried at the site. 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/26/travel/what-s-doing-in-kansas-city.html|title=Kansas City|date=October 26, 1986|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=August 19, 2017}}