The memorial honors dead comrades from Catawissa, Pennsylvania, who served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, recalling battles and campaigns including Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Appomattox, Shiloh, Atlanta, Cold Harbor, Drainsville, Shepardstown, Hampton Roads, Fort Fisher, Petersburg, Wilderness, Hatchers Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Bull Run, Yorktown, Nashville, Winchester, and South Mountain.