Colored soldiers and sailors from Dauphin County gave their lives for the Union in the Rebellion, and unknown dead were also honored. A benevolent society composed of Elisha Marshall, Benj. J. Foote, Jas. Stocks, Jas. Greenley, Geo. E. Douglass, Jos. B. Popel, Jane Chester, Laura Robinson, Cath. McClintic, Matilda Greenley, Hagar Hooper, and Mary Wolfe erected the memorial in their memory.