The 24th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 24th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was organized for 3 years' service at
Vincennes, Indiana, on September 13, 1861.
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Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing) was fought on April 6–7, 1862, in the American Civil War. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater. The battlefield i ...
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Siege of Corinth
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Battle of Port Gibson
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Battle of Champion Hill
The Battle of Champion Hill of May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Union Army commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee pursued the retreating Confe ...
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Siege of Vicksburg
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Battle of Fort Blakely
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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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 imp ...
- promoted to
brigadier general
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, 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 ...
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Indiana in the Civil War
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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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