Feb 14, 2012 | The Gazette
Six Brothers Give Ultimate Sacrifice in Civil War
As brothers in arms and the sons of a black man, the six Littleton brothers of Toolesboro, Iowa, not only fought to abolish slavery but gave their lives for the North during the Civil War.
Civil War story: A tragedy that slipped between the cracks
Most Iowans know the story of the five Sullivan Brothers and the sacrifice they made in World War II.