55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/55th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:allegiance Union
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:colorBearer gptkb:Sergeant_William_H._Carney
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Norwood_Penrose_Hallowell
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Honey_Hill
gptkb:Battle_of_Olustee
operations in South Carolina
gptkbp:formed 1863
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Readville,_Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Liberty_and_Union
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Second_Black_Regiment
gptkbp:notableFor African American soldiers
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:James_Monroe_Trotter
gptkb:Charles_L._Mitchell
gptkb:John_Freeman_Shorter
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:54th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:type Volunteer Infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Samuel_Cabble
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6