In 1871, Robert and Martha McLaughlin George erected a monument in memory of their son Thomas and other soldiers from Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, who died in service to the United States during the Civil War. All were native to Ross Township, and some, like 25-year-old Thomas George, were members of Company K, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Captain David Mitchell commanded Company K, whose recruits came from Mitchell's Salt Works (Holt) and Yellow Creek. The unit fought in many battles, including Perryville, Kentucky, Stone River, Tennessee, Chickamauga, Georgia, and in the Atlanta campaign. Corporal Thomas George was killed at Perryville on October 8, 1862. Many of his comrades were killed in battle; others perished from disease or died as prisoners of war. A photograph shows local Civil War veterans there about 1896. Also present is a 30-pounder Parrott gun, named for its inventor, Robert Parrott, and for firing a shell weighing about 30 pounds; the rifled gun weighs approximately 4,200 pounds and was cast at the West Point Foundry on the Hudson River in New York State. Local lore holds that a six-horse team hauled the cannon to the site.