Avon Man Pens Book Telling the Stories of Antietam's CT Dead

An Avon man has released a new book chronicling the stories of Connecticut residents who fell in the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

John Banks has written, “Connecticut Yankees at Antietam,” using diaries, records and letters to tell the forgotten stories of Antietam’s victims – more than 200 from Connecticut, according to a release from publisher The History Press. 

From the release:

“Learn of Henry Adams, a twenty-two-year old private from East Windsor who lay incapacitated in a 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.”

Banks is currently NFL editor of ESPN.com. Find him at john-banks.blogspot.com.