The 24th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
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Service
The 24th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was organized for 3 years' service at
Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes is a city in, and the county seat of, Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville and Terre Haute. It was founded in 1732 by F ...
, on September 13, 1861.
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Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater of the ...
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Siege of Corinth
The siege of Corinth, also known as the first battle of Corinth, was an American Civil War engagement lasting from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. A collection of Union forces under the overall command of Major General Henry H ...
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Battle of Port Gibson
The Battle of Port Gibson (May 1, 1863) was fought between a Union Army commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant and a reinforced Confederate States Army division led by Major General John S. Bowen. Though the outnumbered Confederate soldiers f ...
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Battle of Champion Hill
The Battle of Champion Hill (aka Champion's Hill) of May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Union Army commander Major General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennes ...
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Siege of Vicksburg
The siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed th ...
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Battle of Fort Blakeley
The Battle of Fort Blakeley took place from April 2 to April 9, 1865, in Baldwin County, Alabama, about north of Spanish Fort, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the American Civil War. At the time, Blakeley, Alabama, had been the count ...
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.
Total strength and casualties
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.
[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.]
Commanders
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Alvin Peterson Hovey
Alvin Peterson Hovey (September 6, 1821 – November 23, 1891) was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an im ...
- promoted to
brigadier general, April 28, 1862
* Colonel William Thomas Spicely - mustered out July 21, 1865, expiration of term of service
See also
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List of Indiana Civil War regiments
List of military units raised by the state of Indiana during the American Civil War.
Artillery units
Cavalry
''Note: Cavalry regiments also had infantry designations.''
*1st Indiana Cavalry Regiment (28th Infantry)
*2nd Indiana Cavalry R ...
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Indiana in the Civil War
Indiana, a state in the Midwest, played an important role in supporting the Union during the American Civil War. Despite anti-war activity within the state, and southern Indiana's ancestral ties to the South, Indiana was a strong supporter of ...
Notes
References
The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units*
Units and formations of the Union army from Indiana
1861 establishments in Indiana
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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