A Sketch of the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Colored Troops

A SKETCH
OF THE
29th REGIMENT
CONNECTICUT COLORED TROOPS.
BY I. J. Hill,
GIVING
A Full Account of its Formation; of all the Battles through which it passed, and its final Disbandment.
BALTIMORE:
Printed by Daugherty, Maguire & Co.
1867.
PREFACE.
The author of this has for a long time been greatly concerned for this land and nation, and for the human family in general, but more particularly for the unfortunate African, both in this and every other part of the world. I was born in Selings Grove, Union County, Pa., in the year 1826, the 2nd day of June, and was the youngest son of four brothers. My father's name was Isaac, and my mother's, Rachel. The family consisted of thirteen in number. My father being a poor man, I was put out to a gentleman of Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of six years; I was brought up with a limited education, not being permitted to go to school, for it was against the laws of the State for a white person to teach a colored child; but having kind friends to live with and being beloved by white boys, I gained some information in spelling, and with diligent study I learned to read and write. I never had the opportunity of going to school a day in my life, when it became known to the citizens that I could not write, I was sent home to Pennsylvania in the year 1840, then 17 years of age. I embraced religion in the year 1846.