When the war came. Three households on the Palisades face the Civil War

While no battles were fought in Hudson Valley, the effects of the Civil War were felt throughout the region. In the tiny riverfront settlement of Closter Landing on the NJ Palisades around a dozen men volunteered for the Union. Historical Interpreter Eric Nelsen investigates three of these households, each headed by a widow whose sons went off to fight.

 

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