[Monument's east side]:
Commanding Cavalry Corps
Army Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America
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This statue erected by his comrades
and the City of Richmond
A.D. 1906
[Monument's south side]:
“Tell . . . — — Map (db m9150) HM
Jefferson Davis Exponent of Constitutional Principles Defender of the Rights of States Crescit occulto velut arbor aevo fama
With constancy and courage unsurpassed, he sustained the heavy burden laid upon him by his people. When their cause . . . — — Map (db m270935) HM