The first known burial was Elizabeth Ann Lash, the infant child of an officer stationed at Jefferson Barracks.

A monument entitled Memorial to the Confederate Dead was placed in Jefferson Barracks on May 1, 1988[4] It is located in section 66 of the cemetery.

It was placed by the Jefferson Barracks Civil War Historical Association, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Missouri Society Military Order of the Stars and Bars.

Under the flags is a quote by Berry Benson:[5]To the Confederate Dead 1861–1865 Who knows but it may be given to us, after this life, to meet again in the old quarters, to play chess and draughts, to get up soon to answer the morning roll call, to fall in at the tap of the drum for drill and dress parade and again to hastily don out war gear while the monotonous patter of the long roll summons to battle?

And after the battle, then the slain and wounded will arise, and all will meet together under the two flags, all sound and well, and there will be talking and laughter and cheers, and all will say: Did it not seem real?