Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history 07:47. This past August Army Private Sandy Wills was buried with full military honors at a veterans' cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial after his great-great-great-granddaughter, Spectrum News NY1 anchor Cheryl Wills, tracked down his unmarked ...

Veteran Sandy Wills was buried with full military honors this past August – 135 years after his death. The once enslaved man who had run away to fight in the Civil War in the U.S. Colored Troops ...

Civil War veteran receives long overdue honor Share. It took 135 years for Army Private Sandy Wills to get the final salute he deserved after being buried in an unmarked grave.

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the United States Colored Troops, which led her to a distant relative, a ...

As we mark Veterans Day, Cheryl Wills has an update on her 15-year journey to find her Civil War veteran great-great-great grandfather, Sandy Wills. Cheryl Wills has more on the remarkable story.

With a few keystrokes at Ancestry.com, Wills learned she was the descendant of Sandy Wills, a slave who, at the height of the Civil War, escaped from his master and joined the United States ...

Cheryl Wills' research on Sandy, his wife, Emma, and other slaves who escaped the plantation became the basis for her book "Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale" published in January by Bascom Hill.

Sandy Wills enlisted to fight in the Civil War, with the 4th Field Heavy Artillery, Company G. His determination is the common thread that is woven through generations of Wills’ family.

Cheryl's great-great-great grandfather Sandy Wills was a runaway slave who fought with the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. "In 1850, he was sold to Edmund Wills, which is why I'm Cheryl ...

He was originally laid to rest in an unmarked grave, a Civil War veteran all but lost to history. "No one knew about Sandy Wills," said Cheryl wills, Sandy's great-great-great-granddaughter.

It took 150 years for this veteran to finally get the respect he deserves. Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his great-great-great ...