County by county: Confederate memorials in Tennessee
Sep 5, 2017George Walker IV/ USA Today Network - TennesseeBuy PhotoThe Confederate monument in downtown Franklin.(Photo: Shelley Mays/The Tennessean)Buy PhotoIn 2013, the Tennessee Wars Commission had a survey conducted of all war and war-related monuments in the public domain in the state of Tennessee.There are approximately 70 Confederate monuments.Twelve are in cemeteries, 37 are in or around county court houses and 21 are in other public spaces, according to Tim Hyder, director of programs for the Tennessee Wars Commission.More: In the South, Confederate monuments often protected, hard to remove thanks to state lawsThey range greatly in size and scope from "small brass plaques that commemorate a certain unit to the confederate monument in the traffic circle in Franklin," Hyder said.Here is a county-by-county breakdown of the monuments: Bedford CountyName: Confederate Memorial in Memory of the “Shelbyville Rebels” Company F 41st Tennessee Regiment CSA.Location: Bedford County Courthouse lawn, Shelbyville.Date: N/A.Bradley CountyName: Confederate Memorial dedicated to the known and unknown soldiers.Location: Triangle formed by intersection of Broad, Ocoee and 8th streets, Cleveland.Date: Erected in 1910.Cannon CountyName: N/A, Honors all confederate soldiers and marks the spot where CSA Lt. Col. John B. Hutchenson was killed.Location: Off U.S. 70 where the high way becomes West Main Street when entering Woodbury from the west.Date: Erected July 1926.Claiborne CountyName: Confederate Memorial dedicated to unknown confederate dead.Location: Tazewell, Irish Memorial Cemetery.Date: Dedicated June 3, 2000.Coffee CountyName: Confederate Memorial erected by the Capt. Calvin Brewer Chapter 2505 of the U.D.C.Location: Coffee County Courthouse, Manchester.Date: Erected 1991.Name: Memorial to the 20th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry,Location: Beechgrove Confederate Cemetery, Hwy. 41 x S.R. 64 at I-24 Beechgrove exit.Date: Dedicated November 1, 2008.Name: Nathaniel Bedford Forrest MemorialLocation: Beechgrove Confederate C... (The Tennessean)