Confederate soldiers of Tippah County, both the dead and the living who wore the gray from 1861 to 1865, were honored as heroic and chivalrous. Their valor was said to have been shown on every great battlefield of the war, winning imperishable renown and a lasting place in history and in the hearts of their descendants. In August 1911, the Thomas Spight Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy erected this tribute with the words, "Lest we forget," and with a verse praising the soldiers' truth, valor, tenderness, love, and daring.