Hidden history of Connecticut Union soldiers /

Hidden history of Connecticut Union soldiers /

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Author / Creator:	Banks, John, 1959- author.
Imprint:	Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2015.
Description:	205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	American Civil War (1861-1865) Soldiers -- Connecticut -- History -- 19th century. Soldiers. Connecticut -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Connecticut. Biographies. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10429361

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ISBN:	9781626197923 162619792X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Over fifty thousand Connecticut soldiers served in the Union army during the Civil War, yet their stories are nearly forgotten today. Among the regiments that served, at least forty sets of brothers perished from battlefield wounds or disease. Little known is the 16th Connecticut chaplain who, as prisoner of war, boldly disregarded a Rebel commander's order forbidding him to pray aloud for President Lincoln. Then there is the story of the 7th Connecticut private who murdered a fellow soldier in the heat of battle and believed the man's ghost returned to torment him. Seven soldiers from Connecticut tragically drowned two weeks after the war officially ended when their ship collided with another vessel on the Potomac. Join author John Banks as he shines a light on many of those forgotten Connecticut Yankees."--Page 4 of cover.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Remembering
Brothers
Heroes
Villains
Tragedies
Survivors
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author