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The 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was the sister regiment of the renowned Massachusetts 54th Volunteers during the latter half of the American Civil War, formed because of the overflow of volunteer enlistees to the 54th Massachusetts.
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The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the second African-American regiment, following the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment , organized in the Northern states during the Civil War. [ 1 ]
By November 30, 1864, Smith was serving as a corporal in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. On that day, both the 55th and its sister regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, participated in the Battle of Honey Hill in South Carolina. The two units came under heavy fire while crossing a swamp in front of an ...
Outland had fought in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry, an all-Black regiment in the Union Army. Outland lived with his son, Jason, at 717 S. Plum (now Pershing) St. He died young at 53 in 1894 of ...
Company C, 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, Virginia: Oct 27, 1864: Capture of flag of 26th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), while outside his lines far from his comrades. Andrew J. Smith * Army: Corporal: 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina Nov ...
During the American Civil War, Trotter enlisted in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the state's second black infantry regiment, and was quickly promoted; he was the second man of color to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Army. [1] After the war, he married and moved with his wife to Boston.
Citation: The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain (Infantry) Thomas Foulds Ellsworth, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 30 November 1864, while serving with Company B, 55th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, in action at Honey Hill, South Carolina.