Although no battles were fought on Long Island, the Civil War deeply affected all of its residents.
Local women raised thousands of dollars for Union hospitals, and Long Island companies manufactured uniforms, drums and medicines for.
While Confederate ships lurked within eight miles of Montauk Point, camps in Mineola and Willets Point trained regiments.
More than three thousand men--white and black--from current-day Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties answered the call to preserve the Union.
Although no battles were fought on Long Island, the Civil War deeply affected all of its residents