Recruiting for the 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Colored began early in the autumn of 1863, and most of the men came for training at Grapevine Point, now Criscuolo Park, at East Chapel Street and James Street. The 29th Connecticut was organized at Fair Haven and formally mustered into the service of the United States on 8 March 1863. On March 4th, Lt. Colonel William B. Wooster, formerly of the 20th Connecticut Volunteers, assumed command of the regiment. On March 19th, after the Colored Ladies of New Haven presented a flag, the regiment formed in line, marched aboard the transport Warrior, sailed out of New Haven harbor on March 10th, and disembarked at Annapolis, Maryland. It later moved from Beaufort, South Carolina, to Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, from 8 to 13 August 1864, then served in siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond from 13 August 1864 to 2 April 1865. Its battle engagements included Petersburg on September 24, 1864; Chaffins Farm and Richmond on September 29, 1864; New Market Road and Darbytown Road on October 13, 1864; and Kell House/Fair Oaks on October 27-28, 1864. The regiment lost 1 officer killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer to disease, 44 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 152 enlisted men to disease or accident.