The names of eight fallen soldiers from Guilford have been added to the town's Civil War memorial.
Of the eight, only one was killed in action during what the monument calls the "War for the Union." The rest died from disease or mishaps. Two were just 14 years old.
"It's nice that they still recognize," said Blake Donovan, who just moved to town from Vermont. "Even as they find out more people they continue to recognize them.
Many of the soldiers whose names were added were substitutes, hired by Guilford citizens who didn't want to go to war.
Local historian Tracy Tomaselli's accounts of the soldiers' stories are posted around the monument, which was re-dedicated in the morning of Memorial Day.
