[1] The monument features life-size bronze statues of seven men — Salmon P. Chase, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Philip Sheridan, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Edwin Stanton — as well as a bronze statue of the Roman Cornelia.

[1] The sculptural group stands at the northwest corner of the statehouse grounds (Capitol Square).

It honors military and political leaders from Ohio who significantly contributed to the Union during the American Civil War.

When asked by her well-dressed friends where her jewelry was, Cornelia left and returned with her sons, saying "These are my jewels!".

[2] The sculptural group was conceived by General Roeliff Brinkerhoff, one of the founders of the current-day Ohio History Connection.