| Existing comment:
Isaac and Richard Sykes were brothers who farmed adjacent fields. Some of the heaviest fighting at Glendale occurred around their houses, which were devastated. The brothers filed damage claims after the war, hoping to offset their extensive losses. The "colored" designation on both the map and the claim are reminders of that era. Neither man had been a slave; both were born free in the first decade of the 1800s. |