However, those who remained are still remembered by older local residents. Laura Ruscoe married Jacob Cole, Caroline became Harry Dixon's wife, and Mazzie married George Hamilton. WAR'S END Northern victory meant the end of human bondings throughout America. It also brought a sense of pride to blacks because their men had been able to fight to free their brothers. Of the thousands of Negroes who served, there were those who came from the Greencastle area.
Local records are incomplete and only a few can be identified.
However, there is verification of at least eleven Negro soldiers from the Greencastle-Antrim community. Timothy Anderson of Co. M., 2nd. John Henry Goeins and Lilman Bain also served but their units cannot be identified. Through the remainder of their lives these men could point with pride to the fact that they too were veterans. As they eventually went to their final resting place their grave stones proudly marked the units in which they had served.