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A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Hill, Isaac J. A Sketch of the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Colored Troops (Baltimore: Printed by Daughtery, Maguire), 1867. McCain, Diana Ross. Connecticut's African American Soldiers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Commission), 2000.
Connecticut's 29th Colored Regiment was the first all-black regiment in Connecticut and consisted of more than 900 enlisted men who volunteered to fight in the American Civil War. Recruiting began in August 1863 and the Connecticut General Assembly passed legislation for the creation of the black regiment that would have white officers.
A plate showing the uniform of a U.S. Army first sergeant, circa 1858, influenced by the French army. The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based on availability and cost of materials. [1]
As the war continued, three hundred thousand more men were requested, with Connecticut's quota was listed as 7,145 being divided into six regiments. On July 1, 1862, Governor Buckingham announced the need for more men and by August 22 the quota was filled. [3]: 16 It was mustered by Colonel Webb the following day. [3]: 16
Warshauer, Matthew, Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice and Survival, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0819573643. Warshauer, Matthew, ed. Inside Connecticut and the Civil War: Essays on One State's Struggles (Wesleyan University Press, 2014). Essays by scholars.
The 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Hartford, Connecticut, beginning November 19, 1861, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 3, 1861. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, Department of the Gulf , to October 1862.
The 8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, in September, 1861, It was first commanded by Colonel Edward Harland of Norwich.The regiment drew most of its enlisted men from northern Hartford and Litchfield counties and was composed mostly of merchants and farmers from the Housatonic River and Connecticut River Valleys south to near New Milford and north to ...
The 23rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Hartford, Connecticut, on November 14, 1862. The regiment was attached the Defenses of New Orleans and District of La Fourche, Department of the Gulf. The 23rd Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service August 31, 1863.