Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024

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  • @mattwills219
    @mattwills219 18 днів тому +253

    Thank you all for the wonderful comments! I’m the 3x Great Grandson of Private Sandy Wills and I will tell you this was the most rewarding experience I have ever had to pleasure to be apart of.

    • @kittyfinklea60
      @kittyfinklea60 18 днів тому +22

      The best veteran story EVER! It made me cry and lI ove the peseverence and determination of Cheryl and Ethan searching until they found Private Wills. Thankful for his service and the beauty of how this story unfolded along with your comment as a family member. Happy Veteran's weekend!

    • @monicaraesmith
      @monicaraesmith 16 днів тому +13

      I absolutely loved this story! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the Dept of VA Homeless Program! I have found out alot about the magnificent stories of our ancestors who have served this country from Revolutionary War to present!! Thanks for sharing!! 🇺🇲🙌🏽

    • @nanarose8537
      @nanarose8537 13 днів тому +2

      @mattwillis219 Such a blessing! I'm so happy for your family. I thank Pvt Willis for his service and sacrifice. This story brought tears to my eyes. ❤

    • @margiesoapyhairbillian4754
      @margiesoapyhairbillian4754 12 днів тому

      May his memory be only a blessing 🙌 🙏

    • @bigtrip2750
      @bigtrip2750 11 днів тому +2

      Young man, I truly wish I was old enough to have served with Sandy. Those of us that have served in a Combat zone take this and EVERY SERVICE MEMBER LOST PERSONAL. Sandy wasn't just a Soldier, he was a PATHFINDER leaving a plantation and Serving FREEDOM. May God watch over Sandy's soul and bless you and your entire family.

  • @mikedixon4598
    @mikedixon4598 19 днів тому +284

    First, to Sandy Wills, Thank you for your service! To his descendants, Thank you for sharing his story. To the Moore family, Thank you for your decency in preserving the burial ground.

    • @Ladybhive71
      @Ladybhive71 18 днів тому +7

      This is a beautiful story she wasn't playing about her history you go girl Thank you Sandy Wills❤❤

    • @barbaraeggleston6858
      @barbaraeggleston6858 16 днів тому +3

      Thank you for your service to our country sandy🇺🇸

  • @mrfester42
    @mrfester42 11 днів тому +16

    When I saw Cheryl Wills placing Sandi Wills remains into the casket and then saw the funeral procession through the farm field the tears welled up and I was choked up. The tears started and I felt all flushed seeing this happen. I don't know these people but what I do know is that we're all Americans and we have Sandi Wills and others like him who stepped up and payed the ultimate price that we might be free to thank for all that.
    It reinforces my hope for this country that there are people like the Moores who chose to leave that burial ground untouched. We all are richer for it.
    I am a middle aged white man and I agree with Morgan Freeman when he said that Black History is American History.

  • @mrboatshoe
    @mrboatshoe 19 днів тому +125

    Shout out to that family for never touching that burial ground. What a lovely story

    • @MalEvansUSA
      @MalEvansUSA 19 днів тому +6

      They shouldnt be honored. The family owned human slaves for hundreds of years. Absolutely outrageous

    • @soccerchamp0511
      @soccerchamp0511 18 днів тому +22

      @@MalEvansUSA The current family members did not own slaves, though. Are you blaming them for what their ancestors did? Things they had no control over.

    • @alexandrajackson8498
      @alexandrajackson8498 17 днів тому +5

      They were sharecroppers on that land, not owned.​@@MalEvansUSA

    • @MalEvansUSA
      @MalEvansUSA 17 днів тому

      @ they were slaves not sharecroppers. Slaves. Owned chattle

    • @JDCheng
      @JDCheng 17 днів тому +8

      @@MalEvansUSAyea, they were slaves. But the original slaveowners of Sandy were the Wills family, not the Moores.
      And besides, you really think slaveowner families would have cared about keeping a Potters field of former slaves intact?

  • @dragon_ninja_2186
    @dragon_ninja_2186 14 днів тому +23

    RIP Sandy Wills. Thank you for your service. And thanks to the Moore family too.

  • @Gabster1990
    @Gabster1990 19 днів тому +88

    We don't do enough to preserve graveyards. Thank you to the moore family for not destroying it.

    • @Gl6619
      @Gl6619 12 днів тому +1

      Because it cost money to do the upkeep and cemeteries only make money with new interns…
      Once the land runs out and they can’t intern anymore people..eventually the money runs out and then the owners either die or the people who inherited aren’t interested in the cemetery business and then nobody is vested with the upkeep…that why you have so many cemeteries from the early 1900’s and earlier that have been overgrown or in disrepair…nobody is assigned to the upkeep..it becomes in legal limbo who is responsible….
      Sometime people will volunteer…like a cemetery here in Minneapolis called the Soldiers and Pioneers Cemetery…the last internment was in 1922..but a volunteer group keeps it up…otherwise that cemetery would be in disrepair…

  • @idanoe9721
    @idanoe9721 18 днів тому +63

    Brought tears to my eyes. Rest in Honor and Peace 🇺🇸

  • @michaelvaladez6570
    @michaelvaladez6570 19 днів тому +106

    This is an incredible story...May he rest in peace..and his family find peace as well !!!!

  • @SeanMcReynolds025
    @SeanMcReynolds025 18 днів тому +61

    I saw this story yesterday and I don’t know why but there was something so moving about the pallbearers carrying Sandy Wills' casket through Mooreland's fields.

  • @CFGossettAbbasHealingArts
    @CFGossettAbbasHealingArts 18 днів тому +69

    Thank you, Mr Wills, for your service. If not for men like you, we wouldn't be able to see the freedoms we have now. Such an incredible and heart warming story.

  • @LarryMan51
    @LarryMan51 12 днів тому +13

    God bless the Moore family for preserving this land , as a black American and a Navy veteran I thank you from my heart, God bless you all.

  • @jocopeland6433
    @jocopeland6433 17 днів тому +28

    Ms. Moore, you touched my heart, you and your family protected an African American burial ground back then is unheard of, you and your family gives others hope that there is still good on God's land. To Sandy Will's and family "thank you for your service." Great story CBS.

  • @e.9680
    @e.9680 19 днів тому +59

    🙏🙏 I needed to hear this wonderful story of loving humanity. Thank you ❤️

  • @beadyeyedwomanify
    @beadyeyedwomanify 13 днів тому +11

    This touched my heart .

  • @heathermetz6576
    @heathermetz6576 18 днів тому +38

    R.I.P. Private Wills.

    • @beedalton9675
      @beedalton9675 11 днів тому +1

      The brother reminds me of the 54th. Glad he got proper honors

  • @marytheresejacksonlutz2533
    @marytheresejacksonlutz2533 18 днів тому +24

    Wow! Just wow! CBS-keep telling stories like this!

  • @ShirleyPotts-ud3nb
    @ShirleyPotts-ud3nb 18 днів тому +27

    Happy Veterans Day. Our heroes are very special

  • @Jen-jo5qu
    @Jen-jo5qu 18 днів тому +12

    Beautiful story. Well done, CBS news.

  • @kdplain2923
    @kdplain2923 17 днів тому +18

    Beautiful story. Gives me more faith in our country which I really need at this time. 🇺🇸💕

  • @Jebbie1976
    @Jebbie1976 17 днів тому +18

    The funeral procession walking through the field got me. 🤎♥😭♥🤎

  • @bustedknuckleworkshop
    @bustedknuckleworkshop 16 днів тому +27

    Thank you Sandy Wills for your service to the Union.

    • @seththomas9105
      @seththomas9105 15 днів тому +3

      On behalf of the President of the United States, and a greatfull nation...

    • @maxwellcrazycat9204
      @maxwellcrazycat9204 12 днів тому

      I hope that his decedents are not Democrats. The very Political Party Sandy Wills fought against.

    • @worldentertainmentvang7307
      @worldentertainmentvang7307 12 днів тому +1

      Indeed...the U.S right now still an Republic since the Civil war is finally over 159 years ago..

    • @beedalton9675
      @beedalton9675 11 днів тому +3

      180.000 brothers volunteered to help overturn the tide of the war.....

  • @kenwalters216
    @kenwalters216 18 днів тому +11

    Great story and I really liked the honor and respect this man was given - very classy

  • @dorraineriggins3227
    @dorraineriggins3227 18 днів тому +16

    Powerful story. Powerful life.

  • @Lael1
    @Lael1 18 днів тому +28

    Thank you for your service Sandy Wills. Thank you.

  • @WayneArtis-z1f
    @WayneArtis-z1f 19 днів тому +19

    Such a great story :)

  • @kooale
    @kooale 19 днів тому +12

    What a great piece! THANKS ALL!

  • @charleneandrle-olson3099
    @charleneandrle-olson3099 19 днів тому +39

    So "glad" for Private Sandy Wills' family, that he was found. Thanking this vet posthumously for his service. Finally recognized! So many weren't in our wars, particularly the Civil War. RIP.

  • @braveman1641
    @braveman1641 12 днів тому +2

    I'm watching from Europe. This piece broke me. May God bless them all!

  • @JanOuch247
    @JanOuch247 18 днів тому +7

    warms the heart ❤️

  • @jenniferthreatt8455
    @jenniferthreatt8455 18 днів тому +10

    how moving!!! I wish everyone could see this. How touching!!!

  • @clarawashington4341
    @clarawashington4341 18 днів тому +8

    Wow this is an amazing place in history🙏🏾🌹

  • @ivanfletcher4671
    @ivanfletcher4671 18 днів тому +9

    What a sweet story.

  • @NJDVLS9500
    @NJDVLS9500 14 днів тому +3

    Excellent story. I'm glad he got the honors that he deserved. Thank you for all that served in the Wills family.

  • @horseygurl143
    @horseygurl143 18 днів тому +10

    Literally one of the greatest stories ever told, causing tears of joy to flow!!!
    Thank you to Sandy Wills for serving. And to all those many who kept his spirit alive for all of us to get a chance to know about!!!

  • @brentk4418
    @brentk4418 18 днів тому +8

    Great story and history lesson.

  • @noradedios7639
    @noradedios7639 18 днів тому +5

    I was so touched by this story! RIP. 🇺🇸

  • @Leviticus-z7w
    @Leviticus-z7w 11 днів тому +1

    Awesome story!

  • @JoyLady-1966
    @JoyLady-1966 18 днів тому +11

    OMG look at them walking across that field with flags flying 😢😢😢

  • @pkeiru
    @pkeiru 17 днів тому +6

    Great beginning and awesome that the Moore family kept the burial site untouched.

  • @Rene.Rondeau
    @Rene.Rondeau 18 днів тому +5

    A very moving story. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @VincentPowell
    @VincentPowell 19 днів тому +14

    Incredible

  • @janicetilley5540
    @janicetilley5540 18 днів тому +6

    Thank You for this very interesting story.

  • @kellyjelly2465
    @kellyjelly2465 18 днів тому +6

    I love this story!!!!

  • @L.A.Roberts
    @L.A.Roberts 14 днів тому +2

    This story is so beautiful 🥹 The beauty it displays from both families is breathtaking and heart warming. I’m in tears for so many reason. Non of which I can properly express. Every tear that drops says it all. I thank God for it all 🙌🏾🥹🙏🏾♥️

  • @venitamiles9161
    @venitamiles9161 18 днів тому +5

    This was a beautiful segment. Thank you for sharing this!

  • @tinadaugherty9073
    @tinadaugherty9073 15 днів тому +2

    Awesome discovery, beautiful & honored outcome for all. Thanks 60 Minutes.

  • @MaceyPrice007
    @MaceyPrice007 18 днів тому +7

    Thank you for all the men and women that served our country. 🇺🇸

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver 13 днів тому +2

    I love my country and I sometimes struggle to retain my faith in humanity. This story refilled my faith jar. Thank you Sandy Wills. Thank you Moore family.

  • @NicklePickle426
    @NicklePickle426 12 днів тому +2

    This is such a beautiful story! Im so happy this veteran got the proper send off he deserved! God Bless both of these families & all who serve!
    🫡🇺🇲🫡

  • @digital2500
    @digital2500 18 днів тому +9

    Just an awesome story!!

  • @scottayar5136
    @scottayar5136 18 днів тому +7

    What a an amazing person. He truly is beyond selfless

  • @sopheeelexus
    @sopheeelexus 15 днів тому +2

    This is an amazing story, thank you for sharing and God bless you all❤

  • @donaldteal6315
    @donaldteal6315 16 днів тому +3

    I give my thanks to at that served our great country 🇺🇸 Much respect God bless everyone and our country ✝️🕊️🇺🇸

  • @alabamatechwriter6959
    @alabamatechwriter6959 12 днів тому +2

    CW BROTHER IN ARMS : Well done! Thank you for caring about your ancestor so that he can receive the recognition he well deserved and so that we might know him too.

  • @jackiestokes2179
    @jackiestokes2179 17 днів тому +7

    For the young folks today.

  • @atclfi3
    @atclfi3 18 днів тому +8

    Wow, what an amazing story. Thank you for your service! I was able to do the same thing for my ancestor, a Civil War Veteran. He was marked with a very old headstone in a small township cemetery in Wisconsin, and I was able to have the headstone repaired and a new civil war one placed on the site as well. It feels very good to honor your ancestors, especially those who served this nation.

  • @EverettBurger
    @EverettBurger 18 днів тому +3

    Thank you for this story

  • @carmelaszymanski8232
    @carmelaszymanski8232 19 днів тому +11

    I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF MY COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN..
    MY MOTHER ALWAYS PUT OUR BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN FLAG ON EVERY CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY..
    THANK YOU FOR ALL..
    BLESS THOSE WHO DIED FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO VOTE
    AND SPEAK FOR BEING ABLE TO DO SO..
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @haroldingebretsen2135
    @haroldingebretsen2135 16 днів тому +2

    God bless him

  • @frankhardin8124
    @frankhardin8124 18 днів тому +4

    Best feature of the morning

  • @JackThomss
    @JackThomss 18 днів тому +6

    Great story but I disagree with her saying he was “…a man without a legacy for 135 years…” he was a great soldier sure, but his legacy is in his children and their children and so on who found and honored their relatives. His legacy is the success of his family for the 150 years after he fought for freedom.

  • @themadwomanskitchen9732
    @themadwomanskitchen9732 18 днів тому +5

    WOW! 6:42 The More family is amazing! They truly understand that we are ALL God's children!

  • @arthurcharlesstewart4617
    @arthurcharlesstewart4617 19 днів тому +6

    My family comes from Eastern Kentucky. We have ancesters who served BOTH sides of the Civil War. Theres small family cemetaries up in the hills where men of Both sides are buried. Still maintained til yoday.

    • @myradioon
      @myradioon 18 днів тому

      Many people don't realize that Kentucky didn't vote to join the Confederacy. Many counties and the Eastern half of KY and TN were heavily pro-Union. Same with Mountain areas of NC and AL. All pro-Union.Mountain areas had less stake in the Plantation system and fewer slaves.

  • @mjk4me
    @mjk4me 11 днів тому

    Heartfelt tale of reclaiming the past. God bless them, one and all.
    Thank you for sharing this with us.

  • @romstar
    @romstar 19 днів тому +4

    Got dam , Cheryl!! You wasn't playing 😭 when it comes to your ancestors 🎉🎉❤❤❤🙏🙏

    • @Ladybhive71
      @Ladybhive71 18 днів тому

      😂 Irk?

    • @derricklangford4725
      @derricklangford4725 17 днів тому

      I'm in Chicago but I'm quite sure I've seen Cheryl on news clips on UA-cam.

  • @debbiecooper1677
    @debbiecooper1677 19 днів тому +14

    Wow this just took my breath away . Thank you for shareing this story if I can stop crying.

  • @maggiegarber246
    @maggiegarber246 18 днів тому +4

    My 2 great-uncles died in the first day of fighting at Gettysburg and their brother was mortally wounded. The first 2 are in a mass grave, unmarked.
    My ancestral family were not enslaved and didn’t own slaves. One side of my family came here in the 17th century. The other side, in the 19th. No stories were passed down, not about childhoods, experiences, etc. I think it just was a “thing” for people back then, not a desire to escape from bad memories.

  • @tracydixon5947
    @tracydixon5947 11 днів тому

    Awesome!

  • @jolitaburton4798
    @jolitaburton4798 10 днів тому

    What a story! IT brought tears to my eyes for many reasons.

  • @everettwhite9874
    @everettwhite9874 11 днів тому

    I’m right here in Memphis and didn’t see his story in the news.
    I appreciate the lady and her family who respected and honored the dead on her property. God bless her and may her final rest be in peace as is Mr Wills.

  • @aaronwieman8368
    @aaronwieman8368 11 днів тому

    This is the real America. Godbless both these families

  • @nlp6082
    @nlp6082 8 днів тому

    This is such a heartwarming story ❤‼️

  • @themindofz7811
    @themindofz7811 19 днів тому +13

    Plz cont to do more stories like this about all American's that were intentionally forgotten. Native ppl Latino ect. Ppl really don't know the history of USA.....

  • @Themainmel
    @Themainmel 11 днів тому

    God bless America! It's stories like this that make you proud to be American ❤

  • @Naturegirl1976
    @Naturegirl1976 8 днів тому

    Rip sir thank you for your selfless service to our great country

  • @IminHIGHpursuitofthelivingGod
    @IminHIGHpursuitofthelivingGod День тому

    Aweeeeee wow what a story!!! That's why it's good to know your history.

  • @vernonedmonds8596
    @vernonedmonds8596 18 днів тому +3

    Amazing 👏 and I watch Wills weekend interviews

  • @AIvey-qs1so
    @AIvey-qs1so 18 днів тому +1

    What a story! Thank you

  • @deannamadrigal7503
    @deannamadrigal7503 19 днів тому +2

    Such a beautiful touching store 💙

  • @jamesrguy5430
    @jamesrguy5430 11 днів тому

    Thank you for your service Sandy Wills!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @thebeesknees2621
    @thebeesknees2621 10 днів тому

    Beautiful! She stated Sandy was a man without a legacy for 130 years. She is his legacy. Along with his other descendants. Something to be proud of. ❤

  • @BeccaJoyDowdaBriscoeMoorehead
    @BeccaJoyDowdaBriscoeMoorehead 11 днів тому

    This is why I became the family genealogist and historian. Nobody should be forgotten, and everybody should have the chance to know where and whom they come from!

  • @JonAnderhub
    @JonAnderhub 16 днів тому +7

    Who are the other 37 that were buried there and what is their place in history?

  • @keithjackson4985
    @keithjackson4985 12 днів тому

    What a cool story! Makes me proud to have been in the Army!

  • @DerikB-k6n
    @DerikB-k6n 19 днів тому +2

    And of course all that ever served the US military I am proud to say thank you for your service to the flag ❤

    • @atatterson6992
      @atatterson6992 12 днів тому

      Yes, especially the thousands of white Republicans who died in order to extinguish slavery. Funny how that is so often overlooked.

  • @leopoldosoria277
    @leopoldosoria277 13 днів тому

    The greatest honor to a man who had a hard life and helped reshape our nation and a man forgotten by time this story had me so emotional I was in tears Rest In Paradise Mr. Sandy Wills

  • @linlouwho123
    @linlouwho123 3 дні тому

    God bless these families. I so wish he had been alive to receive the honors he rightfully deserved. God bless Miss Wills for following through with her powerful research. We all deserve a name and a chance to be remembered.

  • @paulzammataro7185
    @paulzammataro7185 18 днів тому +1

    RESPECT

  • @michaelmatthews5814
    @michaelmatthews5814 12 днів тому

    I am glad that PVT Willis is home and received the recognition he deserved.

  • @rwjolley
    @rwjolley 9 днів тому

    Beautiful story.

  • @ReconstructedYankee1882
    @ReconstructedYankee1882 5 днів тому

    As a Civil War reenactor I am glad to see him being given the honors he deserves

  • @MeMeDaVinci
    @MeMeDaVinci 16 днів тому

    I'm in tears. Goodness. It always gets me when people say they don't know anything about their ancestors, but you see a story like this, all it takes is one spark to start the search. I was doing it for a friend of mine and when it came to trying to find the grave, it was virtually impossible. I scoured any and all graves/cemeteries of one county in Wisconsin. The one place where I think it is in a big pile of rubble because the farmer wanted to use more land to grow a crop. Somebody told me too that there could be animals like badgers or something burrowing underneath the pile and it would be unsafe to disturb it. I even looked up newspapers one week it said the woman was buried in one spot the next week said she was buried in a different spot, but nothing added up. It would have been great to have found it. The odd thing is in that county, I was related to one half of the population and my friend is related to the other half--yet we met in high school in SoCal. It is a remarkable story.

  • @cynthiacarter514
    @cynthiacarter514 11 днів тому

    I loved this story.

  • @sheera769
    @sheera769 14 днів тому

    Salute to Mr. Sandy Mills!! God Bless that Moore family matriarch for preserving the graveyard area!

  • @tamathalamb9193
    @tamathalamb9193 16 днів тому +1

    Very sad and heartwarming . So glad the family was able to do this. Interestingly enough Graceland was owned by a Moore family !!

  • @forexed8948
    @forexed8948 7 днів тому

    Another father of freedom can rest in peace knowing he wasn't forgotten and is at long last being given the honors that at the time he was denied.

  • @leotajackson5602
    @leotajackson5602 12 днів тому

    Awesome story!!❤❤❤

  • @19Bmiller
    @19Bmiller 19 днів тому +6

    So glad to hear this

  • @markrandle4368
    @markrandle4368 11 днів тому

    All missing veterans of the US Civil War, needs to find their final resting spot & reconnect to their relations. Nice story.

  • @malindayoungblood40
    @malindayoungblood40 11 днів тому

    My God today! I love this story, I wish I could find my ancestors but as we all know it is very hard for us to do.