The 24th Michigan lost 12 Officers and 177 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 136 enlisted men by disease. Total 328. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
August 15, 1862 |
Organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in |
August 29 |
Moved to Washington, D.C.; Attached to Defences of Washington, D.C. |
October |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October 1 |
Moved to Frederick, Md., |
October 6 |
To Sharpsburg, Md. |
October 20-
November 6 |
To Warrenton, Va. |
November |
Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps
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November 25-
December 6 |
Guard Richmond, Fredericksburg & Aquia Creek Railroad |
December 6-11 |
Advance to Falmouth |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
April 22-23 |
At Belle Plain until April. Expedition to Port Royal and Port Conway |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek |
April 29-30 |
Fitzhugh's Crossing |
May 2-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May 20-26 |
Operations on Northern Neck |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Henry A. Morrow until he was wounded on July 1st. Capt. Albert M. Edwards then took command.
From the monument: "July 1st 1863. Arriving upon the field to the south of these woods in the forenoon of July 1st, this regiment with others of the brigade (2nd and 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana) charged across the stream in front (Willoughby's Run) to the crest beyond. Assisting in the capture of a large portion of Archer's Tennessee Brigade, it was then withdrawn to this position where it fought until the time the line was outflanked and forced back."
"Position July 2nd and 3rd on Culp's Hill. "
"Went into action with 496 officers and men. Killed and mortally wounded, 89; Otherwise wounded, 218; Captured, 56; Total casualties, 363. Five Color Bearers were killed and all the Color Guard were killed or wounded." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
October 9-22 |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan until October. Bristoe Campaign |
October 19 |
Haymarket |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Mills |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
August |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
September |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad |
February, 1865 |
Springfield, Ill., Northern Department |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills |
February 11 |
Ordered to Baltimore, Md., for special duty |
February 15 |
Moved to Springfield, Ill., and assigned to garrison and guard duty there at Draft Rendezvous; Regiment selected as escort at funeral of President Lincoln. |
June 30, 1865 |
Mustered out |
