24th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 24th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Flag of the United States, 1865-1867
ActiveJuly 31, 1861, to November 15, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Fort Blakeley
Living members of Co. F, 24th Indiana Regiment (1926)

Service

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The 24th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was organized for 3 years' service at Vincennes, Indiana, on September 13, 1861.

The 24th Indiana on January 1, 1864, re-enlisted as a veteran organization. On December 10, 1864, it was consolidated with the 67th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the new organization retaining the designation of the 24th Indiana. The regiment mustered out of service on November 15, 1865.[1]

Total strength and casualties

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The regiment suffered 8 officers and 80 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 3 officers and 204 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 295 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Indiana, Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 2 (Indianapolis: W. R. Holloway, State Printer, 1865) pp. 229, 236, 240-41.
  2. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#24th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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