The Connecticut State Library has digitalized its records of Black men from the state who served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. You can find the database here.
Three regiments of USCT were organized in Connecticut. The information provided “provides the recruits name, as well as place of birth, age, residence, occupation, and marital status. A basic physical description of eye and hair color as well as height and complexion is included. One can even determine educational or literacy level by seeing if the recruit signed his name as Alfred Powers did, or used a mark for their signature. If the recruit served as a substitute for another individual as was then allowed the enlistment paper may include the name and residence of the person being substituted for. The enlistment paper will indicate what Connecticut regiment they served in, and may, but does not always include, the company they were assigned to.”
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