24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

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24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
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CountryFlag of the United States (1865-1867).svg  United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Union Army
Type Infantry
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Brigadier General Thomas Greely Stevenson of 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Brigadier General Thomas Greely Stevenson of 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform) - Photographed by Black LCCN2016646124.jpg
Brigadier General Thomas Greely Stevenson of 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was organized around September-December 1861 at Camp Massasoit in Readville, [1] [2] under Col. Thomas G. Stevenson. [3] The regiment served with the Coast Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside. The Coast Division was deployed in January 1862 for operations on the coast of North Carolina, and participated in the Battle of Roanoke Island and the Battle of New Bern among other engagements.

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Commanders

Colonel Francis A. Osborn

Service

On December 9, the regiment left Massachusetts for Annapolis, Maryland and was part of Foster's Brigade, itself a part of Burnside's Expeditionary Corps. The regiment took part in the Battle of Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, and the Battle of New Bern on March 14.

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References

Citations

  1. "24th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment". The Civil War in the East. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. Schouler, William (1868). A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War. Boston: E.P. Dutton & Co. pp. 191–192.
  3. "Twenty-Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry". Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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