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January 11, 2011, 11:52 AM | #1 |
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An African American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut
The Connecticut State Library presents:
The Life and Times of William Webb: An African American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut Here's a short pictorial history based on records at the CT State Library. Go to the page below and then click on "Enter on line exhibit here". Then keep clicking "next" at the bottom of each page to continue. http://www.cslib.org/wmwebb/index.htm A state library employee named Kevin Johnson presents a reenactment of Private William Webb at schools throughout the state. The brief Youtube video below shows some excerpts of his portrayal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIx0A...layer_embedded See Webb's actual signature on his enlistment paper: http://wmwebb.files.wordpress.com/20...nlistment1.jpg Last edited by arcticap; January 11, 2011 at 12:19 PM. |
January 11, 2011, 12:48 PM | #2 |
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What a great historical treasure! Thanks for finding it and sharing it with us.
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January 11, 2011, 09:13 PM | #3 |
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What a great find arcticap. Thank you!
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January 12, 2011, 09:20 AM | #4 |
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great read, thanks.
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