29th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Connecticut, United States
Surnames/tags: usbh civil war

A page to assist in memorializing the 29th regiment of the Connecticut Colored Infantry.

Virtual Cemetery on FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1497208 CT State Library index to Connecticut 29th Colored Regiment Enlistments: https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/colored-troop-enlistments-from-connecticut-during-the-civil-war/

Contents 1 Soldiers Memorialized on Wikitree 2 Texts on this unit 3 Websites 4 Original Archival Manuscripts 5 National Archives, Those who need profiles 6 Wounded 7 Photos

Soldiers Memorialized on Wikitree

Category: 29th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War

• Alexander Heritage Newton (1837-1921)
• Roderick P Fitch (1839-1864)

Texts on this unit

• Out of the Briars, An Autobiography and Sketch of the Twenty-Ninth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers

Websites

• Project 29: https://www.project29.org/

Original Archival Manuscripts

• Letter of Joseph O. Cross to wife: https://www.ctexplored.org/fighting-for-freedom-joseph-o-cross/

National Archives, Those who need profiles

• Williams, Joseph, b. ~1834 in Delaware: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57067986
• Wooby, William, b. ~1836, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57068630
• Young, Jacob, b. in Delaware, ~1846, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57069006

Wounded

• needs profile: Watson, Henry: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57066670

Photos

• Photo of the 29th Regiment from Connecticut at Beaufort, South Carolina by photographer Sam A. Cooley: https://www.loc.gov/resource/cwpbh.03373/
• No. 11, Camp of 29th CT, Beaufort, Right Wing, recto, https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/stereo/id/1871
• https://connecticuthistory.org/connecticut-29th-mustered-into-service-today-in-history/