Volunteers!

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This file appears in: Andrew Jackson Smith

This broadside was a recruiting instrument for African American soldiers in the Northern states, including Illinois, where Andrew Jackson Smith enlisted in the 55th Massachusetts. Courtesy of the National Archives.

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…