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Confederate Monument

Confederate Monument, a historic site in Tennessee
Confederate Monument, a historic site in TennesseeAaron Zhu · CC BY-SA 3.0
Confederate Monument, a historic site in Tennessee
Tim Rodenberg · CC BY 2.0

Confederate Monument is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 309 miles off.

About

The story

The Confederate Monument, also known as Chip, or Our Confederate Soldiers, is located on the grounds of the Williamson County Courthouse in the county seat - Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Installed in 1899, it is an Italian marble statue portraying a single Confederate soldier atop a tall column and base. The Battle of Franklin took place here during the American Civil War, and was won by the Union.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1899.

Wikidata Q48977098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
ERECTED TO / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / BY FRANKLIN CHAPTER / NO. 14 / DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / NOV. 30, A.D. 1899” “ IN HONOR AND MEMORY / OF OUR HEROES / BOTH PRIVATE AND CHIEF / OF THE / SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. / NO COUNTRY EVER HAD / TRUER SONS ...
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.92521, -86.86894

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Square: 0.0 mi
  • Fort Granger: 0.5 mi
  • Pinkerton Park: 0.5 mi
  • Collins Farm Historic Park: 0.7 mi
  • The Park at Harlinsdale Farm: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 41
Museums: 31
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 19
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Creekside Crossing: 8.6 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Confederate Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobESE 103°370 m14.1 mi
ButeomontE 96°368.8 m9.5 mi
Jenkins HillE 93°367 m10.7 mi
Polk HillE 93°366 m12.0 mi
Morton KnobE 92°365 m11.3 mi
Scales MountainESE 110°362 m17.7 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobE 87°361 m8.2 mi
McMahan KnobE 87°355 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2619:00
June solstice05:3219:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5816:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596776807972614942
Precip in4.34.85.25.25.44.44.63.64.03.53.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Sewage PLT, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/364225058

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