The monument was dedicated to the Confederate soldiers of Chicot County. In a speech given June 3, 1908, before the Jacob McConnell Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, Capt. George K. Cracraft spoke these words in support of placing the monument:  Let us come in the spirit of a renewed allegiance and say:  one flag, one land, one heart, one hand and one nation forever.  Let us teach our children this history, and urge them with pride to cherish this glory--this unsullied honor and dauntless courage of Chicot County's citizen soldiery.

As the stranger looks upon this memorial with the evidence it reflects, of the glory of patriots--of the men of 1861-1865--it matters not whether he be a Southern man, or a Northern man, it stands as a testimony of the superb emotions of the great and loving people of Chicot County-- a testimony of most magnificent memories, and the proudest legacies to her children yet unborn.

Monument Inscription: "To the Confederate soldiers of Chicot County, the record of whose sublime sacrifice and undying devotion is the proud heritage of a loyal posterity."