Program

NYS Historic

Subject

People

Location

1 Point Drive North, Dunkirk, NY

Lat/Long

42.493663, -79.353894

Grant Recipient

Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum

Sarah Sinfield received a Civil War pension for her service through a Special Act of Congress. Later, she assisted her husband William Sinfield, who was permanently disabled due to wounds received at the Battle of Gettsyburg, with his duties as an assistant lighthouse keeper.