After hearing of the severe losses that the 2nd Kentucky Infantry and Kentucky cavalry suffered from the Battle of Buena Vista, O'Hara wrote the Bivouac of the Dead in dedication of the fallen troops.
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On the lower terrace are two more plaques that contain the wording of Theodore O'Hara' poem, Bivouac of the Dead.