Confederate soldiers from numerous regiments and companies, including officers and enlisted men associated with Holly Springs and nearby North Carolina communities, served in the war of 1861 to 1865, with named men from units ranging from the 1st through the 72nd regiments, cavalry, artillery, battalions, militia, and home guards, including some killed, wounded, or dead in service, at Gettysburg, Malvern Hill, 1st Manassas, Fredericksburg, Appomattox, Dinwiddy Court House, Stoney Creek, Bellfield, Elmira prison, and other actions. The memorial association and the Oscar R. Rand Camp No. 1278 of the U.C.V. included first officers of the camp and charter members of the Holly Springs chapter of the U.D.C., many identified as daughters, sons, grandsons, or nearest of kin of Confederate veterans. It also links later generations to military service in the Spanish-American War and the World War, identifying sons and descendants who served in France, in infantry, engineers, trench artillery, field artillery, hospitals, and other units.