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Thursday, Jan. 28, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
* This is an External Event sponsored by the Connecticut State Library.* This event is hosted on Facebook Live. Please click here to access the event: https://www.facebook.com/CTStateLibrary
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The Connecticut State Library will present Kevin Johnson as William Webb, an African-American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut on January 28, 2021, 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M., by Facebook Live. Private Webb was an actual soldier, a native of Hartford. He 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 African-Americans in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War. He tells of his early life in Hartford, his recruitment and training, and the traumatic final battles of the Civil War. The presentation is based on extensive research in the collections of the Connecticut State Library and the Museum of Connecticut History at 231 Capitol Ave., opposite the State Capitol in Hartford.