"Walnut Station, and later Walnut Grove, did not exist as a village at the time of the Civil War, (more often at that time referred to as the War of the Rebellion). However, the soldiers that fought in this bloody affair from 1861-1865 helped build Walnut Grove and the surrounding vicinity ... This booklet will focus only on a few of the early soldiers that helped build Walnut Station -- Walnut Grove ... They are Elias Bedal, Charles Loring Webber, Rev. Leonard Hathway Moses, Byron Mordant Knight, Frederick Fayette Goff, Jacob Thode Tillisch and John Bernard Leo."--Page 2