[1] The Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy raised money for the monument privately and commissioned a sculptor from New York City, F. Wellington Ruckstuhl to build it.

[2] The statue shows Glory supporting a fallen soldier, his standard lowered but her wreath of History held high.

The inscription at the base of the monument read, "GLORIA VICTIS", meaning "Glory to the Vanquished"[2] and To The Soldiers and Sailors of Maryland in the Service of The Confederate States of America, 1861–1865.

[3] On the right side it read: "Deo vindice", on the left: "Fatti maschii, parole femine"[4] and on the rear Glory Stands Beside Our Grief.

[5] The monument was marked in June 2015, with "Black Lives Matter" scrawled across its side in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting.