In 1888, Suffield honored her citizen soldiers who died serving their country so that the Union might be preserved during the Civil War of 1861-65, linking their sacrifice to Sharpsburg, Fort Wagner, and Andersonville. Those named are George L. Turner, Eben P. Hall, John W. Cayton, Wm. H. Ramsdell, James Sherren, John D. Ward, George N. Trowbridge, John W. Day, William Soby, William M. Reeves, Oscar L. Smith, James Polk, Patrick Haley, Roland Rising, John L. Winchell, Joseph Pocketts, Horace Warner, George W. Carter, Henry B. Arnett, David B. Carrier, Franklin Allen, George W. Allen, Daniel Bont, John B. Letcher, George J. Pierce, Orlando E. Snow, Nelson E. Snow, Joseph Hoskins, Daniel E. Hemenway, Benjamin F. Lathrop, and Conrad W. Sherman, who served in Connecticut artillery and infantry regiments.