Community Corner
'Colored' Regiments of the Civil War from Middletown
Thursday Night 6pm At The Greater Middletown Military Museum.
Genealogist John Mills will give a presentation on the 'Colored' Regiments of the Civil War. 24 men from Middletown served in the 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, serving from March 1864, fighting in the battles of Richmond, being the first infantry to enter Richmond. Later serving in Brownsville, Texas until the end of the war. He will also share his research on Isaac J. Hill and Alexander Newton, who published first person accounts of their service in the Civil War.
A screening of the short documentary "The 29th Connecticut" will follow the presentation.
