Connecticut Yankees at Antietam honors the brave soldiers who fought in
the single bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
September 17, 1862--The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day
of the Civil War. In the intense conflict and its aftermath across the
farm fields and woodlots near the village of Sharpsburg, Maryland, more
than two hundred men from Connecticut died. Their grave sites are
scattered throughout the Nutmeg State, from Willington to Madison and
Brooklyn to Bristol. Author John Banks chronicles their mostly forgotten
stories using diaries, pension records and soldiers' letters. Learn of
Henry Adams, a twenty-two-year-old private from East Windsor who lay
incapacitated in the cornfield for nearly two days before he was found;
Private Horace Lay of Hartford, who died with his wife by his side in a
small church that served as a hospital after the battle; and Captain
Frederick Barber of Manchester, who survived a field operation only to
die days later. Discover the stories of these and many more brave
Yankees who fought in the fields of Antietam.