The marble monument depicts a Confederate Army soldier standing in mid stride with his left foot forward.

The monument was erected in 1926 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of about $2,500.

[2] The memorial was first placed on the grounds of the 1911 courthouse, which was made into the town square after that building was torn down in 1943.

The east side reads "LINCOLN COUNTY / REMEMBERS THE / FAITHFULNESS OF / HER SONS AND / COMMENDS THEIR / EXAMPLE TO / FUTURE GENERATIONS."

1831 / OF LINCOLN COUNTY / U. D. C." The west side reads "OUR FURLED BANNER / WREATHED WITH / GLORY AND THOUGH / CONQUERED, WE ADORE / IT.