A memorial erected in A.D. 1879 by the people of the South honors 829 unknown Confederate dead buried beneath a mound, in grateful remembrance of their heroic virtues and so that their example of unstinted devotion to duty and country may never be forgotten. It declares that no one knows who they were, but all know what they were, and includes the lines, "On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread; While glory guards with solemn round This bivouac of the dead."