In total, 532 Confederates died at the battle, but it is unknown how many of this number are buried here.

A small cemetery is by the monument; local farmers had to bury the Confederate dead as the Confederate Army, despite a tactical victory, had to leave Perryville quickly, and hogs were beginning to feast on the soldiers' remains.

[5] The monument was built for the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Perryville by the government of Kentucky.

[2][6] On July 17, 1997, the Confederate Monument in Perryville was one of sixty different monuments related to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission.

The Unknown Confederate Dead Monument in Perryville is a mile away on private land at the Goodknight Cemetery.