Numerical superiority alone gave victory to the Invaders,
And wide-spread havoc, desolation and ruin
Marked their savage and bloody footsteps through the valley.
This Monument,
Commemorative of these events,
And in memory of the actors in them,
Has been erected
Over the bones of the slain,
By their descendants and others, who gratefully appreciate
The service and sacrifices of Patriot Ancestors.
On the two side tablets are inscribed the names of those who fell in this battle, the officers arranged according to their rank, and the soldiers in alphabetical order, with the expressive motto,
"Dulce et decoram est pro Patriæ mori."
The remaining tablet above the door is for the names of the few who were in the battle, and survived. This monument forms a prominent object in the surrounding scene, raising its fair head amid the green foliage of summer, the many-hued leaves of autumn, or the snow-clad boughs of winter, and yielding both from base and summit an extended view of vale, village, river, and mountain.
