Three veterans of the Civil War were buried in this cemetery: Comrades Brown, White, and Milledge.

Early Recruits

Morrill county's sons began to pour into service at the very first opportunity. All three of her young men, Thomas F. Neighbors, George Irwin, and H. R. Van Home, who left for Fort Snelling, got through the preliminary examination and were assigned to companies for drill. In communication Mr. Van Home had the following to say :

"Kindly tell all our friends that the Bridgeport trio, Neighbors, Irwin, and myself, have passed the examination here successfully. We feel very fortunate over this, since one hundred or so have been rejected for physical defects. Neighbors has been assigned to Company 14; Irwin to Company 13 ; and myself to Company 3. With the new equipment given us and uniforms donned, we look like real soldiers indeed, but there is much to learn and they will keep us busy in the next three months." '

Company G assembled at Alliance as early as May 20, to pass federal examination given by Captain Wallace, federal officer inspector, and of the eighty-seven men who answered the roll call, there were two Bridgeport boys, Leo Coleman and Roscoe Dean. The first detachment, five per cent of the soldiers from Morrill county, left on August 1 and were: Charles A. Mantz, Frank W. Chambers, August W. Johnson, Clark Ruly, Keith E. McGee. "They, were given a rousing farewell at Esseg Hall by the warm-hearted people of Morrill county. While space in this work would not permit the full presentation of remarks made upon such occasion, the farewell admonition prepared for this occasion by Rev. George F. McDougall will serve to preserve the nature of tribute that Morrill county felt upon, each and every occasion when her sons were leaving for the front :