In 1863, Brody was in the Austrian partition. On 1.07.1863, insurgent troops under the command of General Jozef Wysocki, Colonel Franciszek Horodynski and Colonel J. Miniewski struck at the Radziwill estate, which was about 5 km from Brody and in the Russian partition. The Russians, commanded by Major Semienov, repulsed the attack. The approx. 200 wounded Poles managed to be taken to Brody, where many of them died from their wounds. The dead were buried in named or unnamed graves in the Brody cemetery. Today, after the devastation in Soviet times, these graves are difficult to find.

A mass grave of insurgents who died from wounds in the Brody hospital has survived to the present day. It is a white column topped with a sculpture of an eagle, fenced with a metal fence. On the shaft of the column is an oval shield with the inscription: "Stanisław Gliszczyński officer aged 29 / Piotr Zawadowski private aged 25 / Stanisław Grąbczewski private aged 36 / Michał Domagalski colonel aged 51 / Mieczysław Mroczkowski captain aged 48 / Edward Bołuboński private aged 20 / Died on 2 - 27 July 1863".

At the beginning of the 21st century the monument was renovated - the eagle on its top was restored.