24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 24th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | September 18, 1862 to July 17, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion's Hill Battle of Big Black River Siege of Vicksburg Red River Campaign Battle of Cedar Creek |
The 24th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 24th Iowa Infantry was organized at Muscatine, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 18, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 17, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 1204 men served in the 24th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 6 officers and 69 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 208 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 284 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Eber C. Byam
- Colonel John Q. Wilds
- Lieutenant Colonel Ed Wright.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil508.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf3.htm#22ndinf The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
