[3][4][5] The carving that depicts Mosler's painting is signed "SMITH & BROEG," which appears in the plaque's lower right corner (not visible in the gallery image).

Other grave markers located in Fairview Cemetery and signed by Smith include stones for the Spindler family, John Hess, and C.P.

In 1875, he lived in Topeka, Kansas, but had served in the Confederate 4th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War, spending much time around Bowling Green as he was a courier under General John C. Breckinridge.

[3] Popular support for the monument came from the barbaric actions of Union general Stephen Burbridge, who sought to murder Confederate soldiers for any reason, resulting in the deaths of twenty-two residents of Warren County in 1864.

The dedication speaker was William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, who served as a colonel for John Hunt Morgan's 9th Kentucky Cavalry, and was instrumental in many veteran organizations for former Confederate soldiers.