1860s CIVIL WAR 29th REGT CT VOLS COLORED INF BROWNSVILLE TX PARSIPPANY NJ W@W

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1860s CIVIL WAR 29th REGT CT VOLS COLORED INF BROWNSVILLE TX PARSIPPANY NJ W@W:
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\"Ge\" --STAMP POSTMARKEDPARSIPPANY NJ, SENT TO CAPTAIN HENRY G MARSHALL AAAG, 29tH REG\'T CONN VOLS, BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. -On the morning of April 3, 1865, the29th (Colored) Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantryawoke from their positions on the outskirts of the Confederate Capital of Richmond, Virginia, to find that the enemy had abandoned their positions. The men of the regiment, therefore, were ordered forward by their commander Colonel William B. Wooster ofDerby, and arrived in the city at 7 a.m. According to unit historian the Reverend Henry G. Marshall, companies C and G of the 29th became the first Union infantry soldiers to enter the city. When President Abraham Lincoln arrived later that day to make his “triumphant entry into the city” A. H. Newton recounted how he turned to a nearby black women and said, “Madam, there is the man that made you free.” Gazing at the President, the women, in turn, replied; “Glory to God. Give him praise for his goodness,” and she shouted, Newton wrote, until her voice gave out.SEE PHOTOS !!! , SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $2.00 IN USA, OR $4.00 FOREIGN. I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY. CHECK MY VERY HIGH response !!!!! -
29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (Colored)ActiveMarch 8, 1864, to November 25, 1865CountryUnited of Petersburg
Battle of Chaffin\'s Farm
Second Battle of Deep Bottom
Battle of Darbytown Road
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
Appomattox Campaign

The29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (Colored)was aninfantryregimentthat served in theUnion Armyduring theAmerican Civil War. It is credited as being the first infantry regiment to enterRichmond,Virginia, when the city surrendered.

Service[edit]

The 29th Connecticut Infantry was organized atFair Haven,Connecticutand mustered in March 8, 1864, under the command ofColonelWilliam B. Wooster. 1,200 volunteers were recruited, exceeding the regiments mandated strength, and 400 formed the30th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regimentalongside it.

The regiment was attached to District of Beaufort,Department of the South, April to August 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,X Corps,Army of the James,Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to December 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,XXV Corps, to January 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXV Corps, to April 1865, District of St. Marys,XXII Corps,Department of Washington, to May 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXV Corps,Department of Texas, to October 1865.

The 29th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service October 24, 1865, and was discharged November 25, 1865, atNew Haven, Connecticut.

Detailed service[edit]

Left Connecticut for Annapolis, Md., March 19. Moved to Beaufort, S.C., April 8–13, and duty there until August 8. Moved from Beaufort, S.C., to Bermuda Hundred, Va., August 8–13, 1864. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond August 13, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Demonstration on North Side of the James August 13–20, 1864. Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, August 14–18. Duty in the trenches before Petersburg August 25-September 24. New Market Heights and Fort Harrison September 28–29. Chaffin\'s Farm September 29–30. Darbytown Road October 13. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27–28. Duty in trenches before Richmond until April 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. (First infantry regiment to enter the city.) Moved to City Point April 18, then to Point Lookout, Md., and duty there guarding prisoners until May 28. Moved to City Point May 28–30, then sailed for Texas, June 10, arriving at Brazos, Santiago, July 3. March to Brownsville and duty there until October. At New Orleans October 27-November 11.

Casualties[edit]

The regiment lost a total of 198 men during service; 1 officer and 44 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 152 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders[edit]

Colonel William B. Wooster