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 know

A longtime journalist and Civil War blogger, John Banks has worked for the past nine years as an editor at ESPN. Previously, he worked for the Dallas Morning News, Baltimore News-American and Martinsburg (WV) Evening Journal. His first Civil War book, Connecticut Yankees at Antietam (The History Press), was published in 2013. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two daughters. Contact him at jbankstx@comcast.net.