The thirty five foot tall monument is constructed of marble. The base is of white Georgia Marble and the soldier is carved from Italian Marble. It weighs 91,440 pounds and sits in the center of a twenty foot by twenty foot square. The first three bases are 8 feet square and the fourth is 5 feet square. The bases are 4.5 feet high and the die and the plint total five feet in height. The middle spire is 14 feet tall. The seven foot tall soldier stands in the position of at rest. He is clad with in a fatigue uniform with a cartridge box and canteen. Around the base are the accouterments of the four branches of Confederate military. The infantry is represented by the crossed rifles, the Calvary by the crossed sabres, the artillery by the crossed cannons, and the Navy by the crossed deck cannon and ramrod. 

Almost from the start the location of the monument became embroiled in controversy. The first two choices were in the intersection of West Jackson St. and Jefferson St. or in the intersection of West Jackson St. and Monroe St. Many soon recognized the hazard to the rising automobile traffic. Laurens County agreed to pay one thousand dollars is the monument would be placed on the courthouse square from a street location. Construction of a concrete foundation was completed by L.C. Huffman at the former site. Capt. W.C. Davis, an attorney and captain of the local militia, represented the veterans who objected to the location. A restraining order was denied on technical grounds but cooler heads prevailed and a settlement was reached. The UDC and the county agreed that the proper spot would be the triangle where the recently erected Carnegie Library was located.