2007-05-27
In a fitting Memorial Day tribute, Danbury unveiled a monument yesterday to the 90 African-Americans from the city who fought in the Civil War, making it one of the few memorials in the state to mention the important role of black Americans in fighting for their freedom., The New York Times

2004-08-27
The descendents of a Connecticut regiment of black Civil War soldiers, including some from Meriden, are looking to erect a monument at Grape Vine Point in New Haven in their honor., Record-Journal

2004-06-18
The State Bond Commission has granted $47,360 for the construction of a monument in the city dedicated to black soldiers who fought in the Civil War., New Haven Register

2004-06-13
ON a grassy point where the air is scented by Long Island Sound's salt breezes, the New Haven harbor skyline is shaped by hulking fuel storage tanks and the traffic hum from Interstate 95 is incessant, Harrison H. Mero stopped and stretched out his ... ''Here is where it's going., The New York Times

2004-02-19
The Descendants of the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment C.V. Infantry, a not-for-profit organization based in New Haven, is engaged in a fund-raising project to build a monument to honor the men of this historic regiment, which included eight Berlin soldiers., New Britain Herald

2003-11-10
The white Union Army regiments based in Annapolis were excited upon learning they would be joined in training by the Connecticut 29th Regiment., New Haven Register

1999-09-19
PROBABLY the most famous regiment of black soldiers that fought in the Civil War were from Massachusetts, its story told in the 1989 movie ''Glory.''But there were a lot more black soldiers and many black units. One of those came from New Haven., The New York Times