SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUT. ARCHIBALD B. BOTTS
He graduated at the U.S. Military Academy in June 1846. His classmates have erected this monument, to evince their lively appreciation of his character in which shone preeminent a high sense of honor, an excellent intellect and a generous heart. His body is here assimilating with Earth; his virtues displayed through his life shall live forever.
DIED AT CAMARGO, MEXICO