 The northern face was decorated with an anchor, and read, "It was given the genius and valor of Confederate seamen to revolutionize naval warfare over the earth".Below the writing, another inscription says, "This stone shall crumble into dust ere the deathless devotion of Southern women be forgotten".The west side inscription was below an engraving of crossed swords and read, "The Confederate sabreur kissed his blade homeward riding on into the mouth of hell".