“V” Extra Documentation
Click the link below to CT Monuments.net, which has a worthwhile webpage regarding the town’s 20th century war memorials.
Names of Veterans Who Had War-Time Service from Colchester, Connecticut
Civil War
The Colchester Civil War Soldiers Memorial Monument was dedicated on the Town Green in 1875, and was unusual for its time because it listed the names of two African American soldiers who served and died during the war” Geo. (George) Evans and S.E. (Sanford) Stewart.
Although his name is not on the monument, Colchester can also lay claim to a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, named Henry H. Crocker who was born in Colchester in 1839. He moved away from town as a teenager, and enlisted in the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war he moved to New Jersey and died there in 1913.
World War I
World War II
Note that William Johnston who was awarded the Medal of Honor is on the above list, as well as 5 women from Colchester who enlisted in the military during the war: Eunice Barrett, Emily Fedus, Rose Fedus, Nellina Lerman and Anita Vallen.
Korean War
Vietnam War
