During the War for the Union from 1861 to 1865, men of Chester served as defenders of the country. Those who died in the service included Col. Louis Bell, Joseph Everett, Charles R. Weymouth, William M. Locke, Henry D. Davis, Pace R. Smith, Warren J. Hills, Milton S. Brown, Albert Wason, Henry H. Hook, Franklin C. Weeks, Francis S. Wilcomb, Andrew Nichols, Alphonzo R.F. Smith, Charles L. Seavey, Joseph W. Haselton, Harrison Sanborn, Robert Wason, Henry N. Brown, John S. Currier, Albert B. Goldsmith, Alonzo A. Busher, and Charles S. Wells.