The Life and Times of William Webb: An African American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut
Seymour Library welcomes Kevin Johnson from the Connecticut State Library History and Genealogy Unit. Mr. Johnson through extensive research in records, papers and books will bring Private William Webb to life.
For twenty years Mr. Johnson has been presenting the life of Private William Web in a first person perspective that will vividly illustrate the struggle of the African Americans in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War and what life was like in Hartford and during the Civil War. Private Webb was an actual person, a native of Hartford. He was recruited in 1863 and served in the Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment, Connecticut in several battles in Virginia. He will tell of Pvt Webb's early life in Hartford, his recruitment and training and the traumatic final battles of the Civil War.
For more information about this free program please call the Library at 203-888-3903. Registration is not needed for this program.
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