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*Duration: 7 hrs. and 47 mins.*An escaped slave who fought for the union and whose?wartime heroism was finally?recognized with?the nation's highest honor for military valorIn 1862,?Andrew ?Andy? Jackson Smith, son of a white?landowner and enslaved woman, es?caped?to Union troops?operating in Kentucky, made his way to the North, and?volunteered for the 55th Massachusetts, one of the newly?formed African?American regiments. The regiment was?deployed to South Carolina, and during a?desperate?assault on a Confederate battery, the color bearer was?killed.?Before the flag was lost, Smith quickly retrieved it?and under heavy fire?held the colors steady while the?decimated regiment withdrew. The regiment?s?commanding officer pro?moted Smith to color sergeant and?wrote him a?commendation for both saving the regimental?flag and bravery under fire.?Honorably discharged, Smith?returned to Kentucky, where over the course of?the next?forty years he invested in land. In the early
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