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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.
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 ...
Company C, 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Battle of Nashville, Tenn. Dec 16, 1864: Capture of flag of 34th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A ). Being the first to enter the works, he shot and wounded the enemy color bearer. William E. Simonds: Army: Sergeant Major: 25th Connecticut Infantry Regiment: Irish Bend, Louisiana Apr 14, 1863
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The regiment was inactivated on 22 September 1921 at Camp Meade, Maryland and disbanded 31 July 1922, with personnel concurrently transferred to the 34th Infantry Regiment. Reconstituted in the Regular Army as the 55th Armored Infantry and assigned to the 11th Armored Division 9 June 1942.