Those who enlisted from Alton in the War of 1861-65 included men who died in defense of their country and were buried in unknown graves: Issac C. Rollins at Yorktown, Josiah J. Place at Hilton Head, Thomas B. Wentworth at Tortucus, Samuel J. Watson at Carrollton, George Allen at New York, Leroy A. Couch at Salisbury, George W. Colbath at Fort Jefferson, James M. Straw of wounds at Cold Harbor, Joseph H. Peavey of wounds at Cold Harbor, Codswell U. Place of wounds at Potomac Creek, George W. Ham at Falmouth, Ira E. Place at Frederick City, James M. Jones at Chancellorsville, Benjamin F. Colbath at Chancellorsville, Charles M. Gilman at Chancellorsville, William P. Watson at Cold Harbor, Albert C. Jones at Gettysburg, Sullivan Kingman at Gettysburg, and William E. Burgin at Potomac Creek.