The people of Daviess County honored the memory of their brave soldiers who endured hardships and fought in the battles of 1861 to 1865 so that the Union might be preserved. Daviess County furnished 2,312 men for the Union Army during those years. The tribute also was dedicated to the memory of the pioneers who blazed the way and cleared the fields, to the brave-hearted soldiers of the Indian Wars who fought on Indiana’s soil, and to all who answered the call of patriotism on the nation’s battlefields.