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Shubel Brush: An abolitionist.


Mary Angeline Brush Lockwood and Harriet Brush: Founders of the Stanwich Soldier's Aid Society.


Ezra Keeler: A Copperhead.


Ophelia Mead Long and William Long: A Civil War widow and her husband.


Daniel Merritt Mead: A Greenwich lawyer and founder of Company I, 10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.


Esther Mead and Isaac Mead: A husband and wife separated by the war.


Deacon Jonas Mead: An abolitionist.


Lucretia Mead: A teenage girl coming of age during the war.


Silas Edward ("Sile Ed") Mead: A young Greenwich soldier who fought in 25 battles.


Robert Peterson: An African American soldier in the 29th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (Colored).