The Edison Walthall - Edison Walthall, memorial

Memorial to Edward Cary Walthall. It says:
NAMED IN MEMORY OF
EDWARD CARY WALTHALL
BORN APRIL 4, 1831
DISTRICT ATTORNEY 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI FROM 1856 to 1861 -- ENTERED CONFEDERATE ARMY AS LIEUTENANT BECOMING BRIGADIER GENERAL IN 1862 AND MAJOR GENERAL IN 1864 HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AT THE BATTLE OF MISSIONARY RIDGE -- PRACTISED LAW IN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL HE WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM 1885 TO 1896.
DIED APRIL 21, 1898.