During the Civil War, sons of Nantucket gave their lives by land and sea to preserve a united country from 1861 to 1865. They included John F. Barnard, George C. Coffin, Benjamin Smith, Augustus D. Briggs, Charles G. Arthur, John H. Alley, Edward W. Randall, Arthur M. Rivers, Robert B. Hussey, Samuel C. Crocker, William H. Gruber, Francis T. Briggs, George Spencer, Benjamin T. Ray, William R. Kelley, Adelbert Kelley, Seth C. Chace, George W. Snow, Shubael M. Winslow Jr., Peleg W. Morgan, George H. Coffin, Edward P. Folger, Thomas Nevis, John Swain, James Folger, Charles S. Russell, Frederick W. Andrews, Rufus Coffin, Henry Jones, Henry C. Raymond, Charles C. Folger, Henry C. Russell, Ferdinand W. DeFriez, Jacob C. Swain, Allen Bacon, Caleb L. DeFung, Howard Vincent, Charles H. Raymond, George P. Chase, Edward P. Hamblen, Francis J. Rogers, Ebenezer B. Gould, Ferdinand Ally, Alvin C. Coffin, Charles H. Backups, David Morrow, William R. Beard, and George N. Bennett.