Ellington's remembered service spans several American wars, naming local men who served in the 1675 Colonial Wars, the War with England of 1812, the 1846 War with Mexico, the 1861 War of the Rebellion, the 1775 War of the Revolution, the 1898 War with Spain, and the 1917 World War, with Army and Navy personnel listed for the later conflicts and several World War dead identified as having died in service.