24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Indiana flag
Active	July 31, 1861 to November 15, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion's Hill Siege of Vicksburg

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

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Colonels 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

• The 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Vincennes, Indiana on September 13, 1861.
• Battle of Shiloh
• Battle of Port Gibson
• Battle of Champion's Hill
• Siege of Vicksburg
• The regiment mustered out of service on November 15, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 80 enlistedmen killed in action or died of wounds and 3 officers and 204 enlistedmen men who died of disease, for a total of 295 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Colonels

• Colonel

[edit] See also

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 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.

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units
• Civil War - Indiana