United States Regiments & Batteries > Michigan > 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 177 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 136 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment had 135 pairs of brothers. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1862
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| August 15 | The 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment was organized at Detroit, Michigan, and mustered in under the command of Colonel Henry A. Morrow and Lieutenant Colonel Mark Flanigan. |
| August 29 | Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to the Defences of Washington, D.C. |
| September 4 | Captain Henry W. Nall of the 7th Michigan Infantry was transferred to the 24th and appointed major. |
| October | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| October 1 | Moved to Frederick, Maryland. |
| October 6 | To Sharpsburg, Maryland. |
| October 20- November 6 |
To Warrenton, Virginia. |
| November | Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps |
| November 25- December 6 |
Guarded Richmond, Fredericksburg & Aquia Creek Railroad |
| December 6-11 | Advance to Falmouth |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| December | Major Nall left the field due to illness. Captain Edwin B. Wight was made acting major. |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| April 17 | Major Nall was discharged due to chronic illness. |
| 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 Corps |
| June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
| June 22 | Acting Major Edwin Wight’s rank was made permanent. |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgColonel Morrow was wounded on July 1. Lieutenant Colonel Flanigan and Major Wight had also been wounded by this time, and Captain Albert M. Edwards then took command. Of the regiment’s 25 officers only Captain Edwards and two lieutenants remained unhit at the end of July 1. Captains William Speed and Malachi O’Donnell and Lieutenants Gilbert Dickey, Newell Grace, Reuben Humphreville, Winfield Safford, Lucius Shattuck and Walter Wallace were killed. From the monument at Gettysburg: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. < See Colonel Morrow’s Official Report for the battle of Gettysburg. > |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia |
| October 9-12 | Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan until October. |
| October 13 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| October 19 | Haymarket |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 16 | Lieutenant Colonel Flanigan resigned due to having lost a leg at Gettysburg, |
| November 17 | Major Edwin Wight was discharged due to having lost an eye at Gettysburg. |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| February 1 | Captain William Wight (the older brother to Major Edwin Wright) was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Captain Albert Edwards of Company F was promoted to major. |
| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Corps |
| May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
| 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 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 9 | Lieutenant Colonel Wight resigned due to his Gettysburg wound. |
| June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
| June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
| June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
| July 17 | Major Albert Edwards was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain William Hutchinson of Company G was promoted to major. |
| July 19 | Captain William Hutchinson was wounded. |
| August | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps |
| August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
| September | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps |
| October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| December 7-12 |
Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Battle of Dabney’s Mills (Hatcher’s Run) |
| February 11 | Ordered to Baltimore, Maryland, for special duty |
| February 15 | Moved to Springfield, Illinois, and assigned to garrison and guard duty there at Draft Rendezvous. Several hundred draftees were added to the regiment until the end of the war. |
| April | The regiment was selected as escort at the funeral of President Lincoln. |
| June 30 | The 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment mustered out |