Wilson Burial Ground
Location: Quaker Meeting House Road, near the Stop & Shop By Bill DaleyThere is a little-known gravesite of a black Civil War soldier, Joseph Wilson, who is buried in Sandwich in a wooded area off of Quaker Meeting House Road near the Stop & Shop. In 2012, Eagle Scout [...]
A Very Special Memorial Day
William Eaton and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument By William F. Daley Over 100 years ago, the town of Sandwich celebrated a very special Memorial Day. On May 30, 1911 William Eaton, a wealthy business man from Brockton, donated a 30 foot Civil War Monument to the people of Sandwich. [...]
Civil War Memorial Plaque Now in Town Hall
Bill Daley inspecting the new Civil War plaque. The Historical Commission extends its highest praise and appreciation to Bill for spearheading this important project. The Civil War Memorial Wall Plaque has been delivered and it now hangs on the wall of the first staircase case landing at Town [...]
Sandwich In The Civil War
By William F. Daley The Cullet, Fall 2011 The Sandwich Guards 29th Regiment, Company D On April 12, 1861, the American Civil War began with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shelling rapidly escalated into a series of actions including President Lincoln’s call for 75,000 [...]
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