Over fifty thousand Connecticut Soldiers served in the Union army during the Civil War, yet their stories are nearly forgotten today.
Then there is the story of the 7th Connecticut private who murdered a fellow soldier.
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.
Among the regiments that served, at least forty sets of brothers perished from battlefield wounds or disease.
Over fifty thousand Connecticut Soldiers served in the Union army during the Civil War, yet their stories are nearly forgotten today