New CT Colored Regiment Enlistment Index!

We’ve created a new CT Colored Regiment enlistment lookup on AlexBreanne.org!

The index includes Colored regiment enlistments from Connecticut during the Civil War. It’s a compilation of enlistments located here on the Connecticut State Library website, enriched with A.I. derived transcriptions of all names found on the 29th Colored Regiment Monument in New Haven, CT. This cross-reference provides the ability to search and filter on who is or isn't in either location.

We are looking to identify errors and duplications in either location, so the data is constantly being updated. For example, we discovered that William J. Ross, an Irishman who came to this country in 1855, became one of the White officers leading the Connecticut 29th Colored Regiment. He is on the 29th Colored Regiment Monument twice, once as a Captain and again as a full Major, which he was promoted to by the President while leading the 29th.

In the future, we plan to also add a cross-reference to the names on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Similar to our previous work, we intend to use AI to transcribe and associate names from plaque images. The hope is to not only have a centralized index, but also provide descendants the ability to lookup and see the images of their descendants name on these monuments.

You can get to the current iteration of our index here. Also, this is a labor of love, but please consider supporting our efforts here.

Thank you and God Bless.

John Mills - President