24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry


caption=Unofficial Georgia flag prior to 1879
dates= 1861 – September 2, 1865 [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] . National Parks Service. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.]
country=Confederate States of America
allegiance= CSA
branch= Volunteer Army American Civil War
type= Infantry
equipment=
battles= American Civil War
*Seven Days' Battles
*Crampton's Gap
*Sharpsburg
*Fredericksburg
*Gettysburg
*Wilderness
*Spotsylvania
*Cold Harbor
*Sayler's Creek
*AppomattoxThe 24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was part of Thomas Cobb's brigade at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

Organization

The 24th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in White, Banks, Towns, Rabun, Gwinnett, Elbert, and Hall counties. The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C. C. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N. Chandler and Thomas E. Winn, and Majors Robert E. McMillan and Frederick C. Smith. After serving in the Department of North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals H. Cobb, T. R. R. Cobb, Wofford, and DuBose.

War history

The 24th Infantry Regiment fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Georgia with Longstreet. The 24th was not engaged at Chickamauga, but did see action in the Knoxville Campaign. The regiment returned to Virginia it participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, was active in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox.

Soon after being mustered into Confederate service the regiment was moved to Lynchburg, Virginia. Within a week of arriving there, however, it was ordered to Goldsborough, North Carolina. There it joined the Department of North Carolina. The unit remained there until early in 1862. Returning to Virginia, the unit was placed in the Army of Northern Virginia. It served in that Army until the summer of 1863. At that time it was moved to Georgia where it served in the Army of Tennessee. It next saw service in the Department of East Tennessee. In the spring of 1864 the regiment returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, remaining in that Army until mid-summer, 1864. It then moved to the Shenandoah Valley where it served in the Army of the Valley District. Finally, in December, 1864, the unit returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, serving in that Army for the remainder of the War.

Listed below are the specific higher command assignments of the regiment.

Sep 30, 1861 - Attached, Coast Defense, Department of North CarolinaApr 30, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Right of Position, Army of Northern VirginiaMay 21, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, Third Division, Army of Northern VirginiaJul 21, 1862 - Second Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaSep 20, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaDec 10, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaMay 01, 1863 - Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaOct 01, 1863 - Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of TennesseeDec 01, 1863 - Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Department of East TennesseeMay 01, 1864 - Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaOct 01, 1864 - Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, Second Corps, Army of the Valley DistrictDec 31, 1864 - Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaApr 01, 1865 - DuBose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Engagements

Skirmish, Warwick Road, Va. Apr 05, 1862 Siege, Yorktown, Va. Apr 05 - May 04, 1862 Engagement, Lee's Mills, Burnt Chimneys, Dam No. 1, Va. Apr 16, 1862 Evacuation, Yorktown, Va. May 04, 1862 Skirmish, Ellison's Mills near Mechanicsville Va. May 23, 1862 Battle, Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Va. May 31 - Jun 01, 1862 Seven Days Battles Jun 25 - Jul 01, 1862 Battle, Peach Orchard (Allen's Farm) near Fair Oaks Station Jun 29, 1862 Battle, Savage Station, Va. Jun 29, 1862 Battle, Malvern Hill, Crew's Farm (Poindexter's Farm) Jul 01, 1862 Engagement, Malvern Hill, Va. Aug 05, 1862 Campaign in Northern Virginia (Second Bull Run Campaign) Aug 16 - Sep 02, 1862 Maryland Campaign Sep 06 - Sep 22, 1862 Action, Maryland Heights, Md. Sep 12 - Sep 13, 1862 Siege, Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Sep 13 - Sep 15, 1862 Battle, Antietam, Sharpsburg, Md. Sep 16 - Sep 17, 1862 Operations in Loudon, Faquier, and Rappahannock Co, Va. Oct 26 - Nov 10, 1862 Battle, Fredericksburg, Va. Dec 12 - Dec 15, 1862 Chancellorsville Campaign Apr 27 - May 06, 1863 Battle, Chancellorsville, Va. May 01 - May 05, 1863 Gettysburg Campaign Jun 03 - Aug 01, 1863 Battle, Gerrysburg, Pa. Jul 01 - Jul 03, 1863 Retreat to near Manassas Gap, Va. Jul 05 - Jul 24, 1863 Skirmish near Manassas Gap, Va. Jul 23, 1863 Battle, Chickamauga, Ga. Sep 19 - Sep 21, 1863 Siege, Chattanooga, Tenn. Sep 24 - Oct 30, 1863 Engagement, Wauhatchie, Tenn. Oct 28 - Oct 29, 1863 Knoxville Campaign Nov 04 - Dec 23, 1863 Skirmish, Little River, Tenn. Nov 15, 1863 Siege, Knoxville, Tenn. Nov 17 - Dec 04, 1863 Assault, Forts Saunders and Loudon, Knoxville, Tenn. Nov 29, 1863 Operations about Dandridge, Tenn. Jan 16 - Jan 17, 1864 Wilderness Campaign May 04 - Jun 12, 1864 Battle, Wilderness, Va. May 05 - May 07, 1864 Battles about Spottsylvania Court House, Laurel Hill Ny River, Fredericksburg Road, Va. May 08 - May 21, 1864 Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania Court House, Vs. May 12, 1864 Operations on the line of the North Anna River, Va. May 22 - May 26, 1864 Operations on the line of the Pamunkey River, Va. May 26 - May 28, 1864 Operations on the line of the Totopotomoy River, Va. May 28 - May 31, 1864 Battles about Cold Harbor, Va. Jun 01 - Jun 12, 1864 Assault, Petersburg, Va. Jun 16, 1864 Siege Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Jun 16 - Jul ??, 1864 Assault, Petersburg, Va. Jun 18, 1864 Sheridan's Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. Aug 07 - Nov 28, 1864 Engagement, Cedarville, Guard Hill (Front Royal), Va. Aug 16, 1864 Action, Bunker Hill, W. Va. Sep 02 - Sep 03, 1864 Battle, Opequen, Winchester, Va. Sep 19, 1864 Battle, Fisher's Hill, Woodstock, Va. Sep 22, 1864 Battle, Cedar Creek, Middletown, Belle Grove, Va. Oct 19, 1864 Siege Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Dec ??, 1864 - Apr 02, 1865 Appomattox Campaign Mar 28 - Apr 09, 1865 Engagement, Sailor's Creek, Va. Apr 06, 1865 Engagement, Clover Hill, Appomattox Court House, Va. Apr 09, 1865 Surrender, Appomattox Court House, Va. Apr 09, 1865

Casualties

In April 1862, this regiment totaled 660 effectives, lost 43 percent of the 292 engaged at Crampton's Gap, and had four killed, 39 wounded, and two missing at Sharpsburg. It sustained 36 casualties at Fredericksburg, reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 303 at Gettysburg, 17 percent were disabled. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek and only four officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9, 1865.

In popular culture

In the movie, "Gods and Generals", it is identified as "Brigadier General Thomas R.R. Cobb's Irish Regiment, Georgia, C.S.A.".

References

*Incorporates "public domain" text from the National Parks Service [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] .