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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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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 ...
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.
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 ]
Company F, 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi: May 22, 1863: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." John W. Sprague: Army: Colonel 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Decatur, Georgia: Jul 22, 1864: With a small command defeated an overwhelming force of the enemy and saved the trains of the ...
Hinton enlisted and was commissioned as a lieutenant. He became a recruiting officer for various Union regiments of the US Colored Troops, including the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and 28th Indiana Infantry Regiment (Colored). [1] [3] [4]
James Monroe Trotter (February 7, 1842 – February 26, 1892) was an American teacher, soldier, employee of the United States Post Office Department, a music historian, and Recorder of Deeds in Washington, D.C. Born into slavery in Mississippi, he, his two sisters and their mother Letitia were freed by their master, the child's father, and helped to move to Cincinnati, Ohio.