Here For The Address By Fr. The Memorial was sculpted by Moses Ezekiel, a Confederate Veteran, who is buried near the base of the Memorial. The Memorial is located in Section 16. President William Howard Taft authorized the placement of a Confederate Memorial in that Section and funds were collected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Peace is the central theme of the Memorial.
It is 32.5 feet in height and is topped by a heroic-sized figure of a woman, crowned with olive leaves, her face turned toward the South. In her outstretched left hand is a laurel wreath, and in the right hand is a plough stock and a pruning hook. A circular frieze of 32 life-sized figures shows Southern soldiers going off to war. Their sad homecoming dominates the middle part of the monument. Over it are carved the seals of the Southern states which comprised the Confederacy.