Danville honored the brave men of the town who victoriously defended the Union during the War of the Rebellion from 1861 to 1865. Those named include commissioned officers Colonel Addison W. Preston, Captain James M. Ayer, Captain Charles D. Brainerd, Captain Abial W. Fisher, Captain Lewis W. Fisher, Captain Robert W. Laird, Captain James S. Thompson, 1st. Lieut. Frank B. Bradbury, 1st. Lieut. E. Harvey Brown, and 1st Lieut. Q.M.D. Putnam McMillan; sergeants Henry Bolton, Andrew Bryan, Calvin J. B. Harris, Jerome B. Hatch, George A. Hawkins, Martin Heath, Thomas S. May, Henry& C. Nute, Martin V.B. Sargent, George E. Sias, Silas H. Stone, Joseph C. Waterson, and William H.H. Willey; and corporals John Adams, Charles F. Badger, Benjamin F. Carr, John B. Chase, Benjamin F. Clifford, Alvin B. Danforth, Joel C. Goodwin, Frank H. Harris, Charles P. Hatch, Charles W. Jones, Hiram A. Kelsey, Alden W. Morse, Charles H. Northrop, Nehemiah H. Page, Samuel W. Rollins, and Lyman Russell.