Captain William M. Schrock's Civil War regiment of Somerset County served from 1861 to 1865 and included officers, sergeants, corporals, privates, a drummer, a fifer, and a teamster from the county. Those named were Altmiller C., Henry Atchison, James Baldwin, Romanus Baldwin, Edward Baltzer, John Baltzer, Chauncey Beal, Owen Beal, Israel Bitinger, John Bittner, David Caldwell, S. Austin Chorpening, George Cunningham, Edward Delaville, Ephraim Dickey, Jonathan Emmert, Herman S. Engle, John B. Engle, John Enos, John B. Findlay, Nicholas Flamm, Martin Flegle, Joseph Foutch, Josiah Friend, Jackson Heinbaugh, Adolph Heinemyer, Henry Hidy, William M. Hochstetler, Adam R. Humbert, John Humbert, Josiah Humbert, Hiram Hyatt, Franklin Kimmell, Simon Klink, Henry C. Kreager, Hugh Lambert, H.W. Lape, Joseph Lichty, Peter J. Livengood, George Lowry, Silas Lyons, Jacob Markle, Harrison H. Mason, Henry Mason, William Maust, Gillian C. Meese, Samuel C. Meese, Jere K. Miller, John R. Newman, John Ohler, William Phillippi, William Putnam, Calvin Reed, John W. Ringler, Harrison Rush, Jacob Rush, Joe Schrock, John M. Schrock, William M. Schrock, Allen W. Scott, Ephraim Shaffer, Samuel Shaffer, Alexander Showman, B. Frank Snyder, S.B. Snyder, John Sterner, Henry Swarner, Sylvester Thomas, Jeremiah Tressler, Urias Weaver, John Weigle, H. Weimer, Samuel Wheeler, Silas A. Will, Harrison Wiltrout, F.C. Younkin, Harmon Younkin, Chauncey Yutzy, and Jacob Zeigler. It was erected in honor of Charles L. Cramer.