Erected in 1884 by John H. Lick, this tribute honors the brave defenders of the Union from 1861 to 1865 and evokes major battlefields and campaigns including Gettysburg, Antietam, the Wilderness, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Winchester, Petersburg, Five Forks, Atlanta, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Hampton Roads, Island No. 10, Charleston, Mobile, and Savannah, alongside a verse mourning the weary dead in unknown graves and expressing faith that they will be known among the good and true when the robe of white is given for the faded coat of blue.