This cemetery contains the remains of over 250 Civil War veterans, both Confederate and Union. Among the notable Floridians are Captain John J. Dickison of the 2nd Florida Cavalry, who was known as the Swamp Fox of the Confederacy for his skill in defending the interior of Florida from Union raids and attacks; Lieutenant Colonel William Baya, who commanded the 8th Florida Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg; James M. Baker, who served as a Senator from Florida in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865 and for whom Baker County is named; Dr. Abel S. Baldwin, the chief surgeon for the Confederate Military District of East Florida and for whom the Town of Baldwin in Duval County is named; Union Captain John F. Bartholf, an officer with the 2nd U.S. Colored Infantry during their Florida service; and Ossian B. Hart, a prominent Unionist who openly opposed Florida's secession and was Governor of Florida from 1873 to 1874.

About 1905, the United Confederate Veterans erected a granite marker in the cemetery in honor of Dickison. Also in the cemetery, and very unusual for a Southern cemetery, is a large sculptured monument of a Civil War Union soldier erected in 1891 by the Grand Army of the Republic, a Union veteran's organization.

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Information provided by the Florida Division of Historical Resources.