Kevin Johnson of the Connecticut State Library portrays Private William Webb of the Twenty-Ninth (Colored Civil War) Regiment, Connecticut

Kevin Johnson of the Connecticut State Library portrays
Private William ebb today from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM at the Windsor Public
Library. Private Webb was an actual soldier and a native of Hartford who was
recruited in 1863 and served in the Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment,
Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in several battles in Virginia. Johnson's presentation
of Webb is told from an emotional and exciting first-person perspective that
vividly illustrates the struggle of the African-Americans in the Colored
Infantry during the Civil War. The presentation is based on extensive research
in the collections of the Connecticut State Library and the Museum of Connecticut
History. Free. 860-285-1918.