55th Massachusetts Infantry

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This image from Harper's Weekly magazine shows Andrew Jackson Smith's regiment, the 55th Massachusetts, triumphantly entering Charleston, South Carolina, on February 21, 1865. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Andrew Jackson Smith

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2107 in Lyon County commemorates Andrew Jackson Smith, an African American soldier who won the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Civil War. Smith, the son of an enslaved African…