Black History Lesson: The Civil War
29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment Among the first Union Soldiers to enter a Fallen Richmond in 1865, the 29th have not always been Lauded or even Acknowledged Source: ConnecticutHistory.org, FamilySearch.org In 1863, President Lincoln authorized the formation of Black combat units to serve in the Civil War. However, Connecticut was slow to organize them, and Blacks […]