Dedicated to the heroes who fell and the patriots who fought for Union and liberty in 1861-1865 by their comrade Col. Louis E. Granger, U.S. Vols., it honors service and sacrifice in the Civil War and recalls Cold Harbor, Reams Station, Antietam, Port Hudson, Cedar Mountain, Gettysburg, Winchester, Petersburg, Williamsburg, Vicksburg, Wilderness, and Hatcher's Run.