This memorial honors Confederate soldiers of Jefferson County and the South who served the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865, and names men associated with units from Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Alabama, and Maryland, including privates, corporals, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, a major, and also Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis; among those listed are men who served in infantry, cavalry, artillery, and Mosby's Battalion, with some identified as killed in action at Richmond, Virginia, and Jonesboro, Georgia.