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History of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; The 55th Massachusetts: The Other "Glory" Regiment; Louisiana and Massachusetts – Mr. Abraham Lincoln and Freedom, The Lincoln Institute Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine; 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (1863–1865) The Civil War's Black Soldier; NPS, Battle Unit Details ...
62nd New York Infantry Regiment: May 5, 1864 February 25, 1895 Went out in front of the line under a fierce fire and, in the face of the rapidly advancing enemy, rescued the regimental flag with which the color bearer had fallen. [18]
Capture of flag of 13th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). Alexander Scott: Army: Corporal: Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry: Battle of Monocacy Junction, Maryland: Jul 9, 1864: Under a very heavy fire of the enemy saved the national flag of his regiment from capture. John Morehead Scott* Army: Sergeant: Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry: Great Locomotive ...
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia: May 6, 1864: Capture of flag of 55th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). Medal of Honor winner Thomson, Clifford (1834–1912) c1899: Clifford Thomson: Army: First Lieutenant: Company A, 1st New York Volunteer Cavalry "Lincoln Cavalry" Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia: May 2, 1863
Capture of flag of 40th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). [3] MoH winner Francis Morrison: Francis Morrison: Army: Private: Company H, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry: Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Virginia Jun 17, 1864: Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire to bring off a wounded comrade. MoH winner John George Morrison: John G. Morrison: Navy ...
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.
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.
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 elevated Confederate position. When the 55th's color bearer was killed, Smith took up the battle flag and ...