The brave and patriotic soldiers of Wells who sacrificed their lives during the Great Rebellion were remembered for maintaining the government and thus establishing on a broader and firmer foundation the principle of civil and religious liberty: James A. Bedell, Moses Perkins, Andrew J. Goodale, Daniel Rankin, Fredric Donnell, Wilson J. Green, Joseph Green, Nathaniel Eaton, Ezra Cousens, John A. Brown, Sylvester Hatch, Joseph S. Getchell, James Wilber, Lorenzo Bennet, Andrew J. Hobbs, John B. Hilton, George W. Maxwell, Lyman L. Stuart, Hermon S. Furbish, Moses Donnell, John Matthews, Elbridge Hilton, Ivory Hatch, James Richardson, Alonzo Hatch, Albert L. Gardener, William N. Hatch Jr., Walter Eaton, Joseph E. Hatch, Daniel Bennet, William J. Bragdon, Jarious Abbot, and Ebenezer Chaney.