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TWENTY-FOURTH GEORGIA INFANTRY
The Twenty-Fourth Georgia Infantry was organized in late June and early July, 1861. The unit was officially mustered into Confederate service on August 24, 1861. Ten companies were organized into the Twenty-Fourth Georgia Infantry.
Company County Nickname "A" Banks County Independent Volunteers "B" Hart County "C" White County White County Marksmen "D" Towns County Hiawassee Volunteers "E" Rabun County Rabun Gap Riflemen "F" Gwinett County Gwinett Independent Blues "G" Hall County "H" Franklin County Currahee Rangers "I" Hall County Glade Guards Volunteer Rifles "K" Habersham County McMillan Guards
Robert McMillan's Infantry C. C. Sanders' Infantry Joseph N. Chandler's Infantry
Thomas E. Winn's Infantry Robert Rayburn's Infantry Frederick Smith's Infantry J. V. Cannon's Infantry
Soon after being mustered into Confederate service the regiment was moved to Lynchburg, Virginia. Within a week of arriving there, however, it was ordered to Goldsborough, North Carolina. There it joined the Department of North Carolina. The unit remained there until early in 1862. Returning to Virginia, the unit was placed in the Army of Northern Virginia. It served in that Army until the summer of 1863. At that time it was moved to Georgia where it served in the Army of Tennessee. It next saw service in the Department of East Tennessee. In the spring of 1864 the regiment returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, remaining in that Army until mid-summer, 1864. It then moved to the Shenandoah Valley where it served in the Army of the Valley District. Finally, in December, 1864, the unit returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, serving in that Army for the remainder of the War. Listed below are the specific higher command assignments of the regiment.
Sep 30, 1861 Attached, Coast Defense, Department of North Carolina Apr 30, 1862 Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Right of Position, Army of Northern Virginia May 21, 1862 Cobb's Brigade, Third Division, Army of Northern Virginia Jul 21, 1862 Second Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Sep 20, 1862 Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Dec 10, 1862 Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia May 01, 1863 Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Oct 01, 1863 Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee Dec 01, 1863 Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Department of East Tennessee May 01, 1864 Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Oct 01, 1864 Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, Second Corps, Army of the Valley District Dec 31, 1864 Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Apr 01, 1865 DuBose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The Twenty-Fourth Georgia Infantry participated in more than fifty various type engagements during its career. These are identified below. Numbers after the events locate them on the maps following this history.
An examination of the paroles granted at Appomattox Court House shows that only sixty officers and enlisted men of the Twenty-Fourth Georgia Infantry surrendered there. The list below shows the number and names surrendered by company.
24th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in White, Banks, Towns, Rabun, Gwinnett, Elbert, and Hall counties. After serving in the Department of North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals H. Cobb, T. R. R. Cobb, Wofford, and DuBose. It fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Nothern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Georgia with Longstreet. The 24th was not engaged at Chickamauga, but did see action in the Knoxville Campaign. Returning to Virginia it participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Cold Harbor, was active in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox. In April, 1862, this regiment totalled 660 effectives, lost forty-three percent of the 292 engaged at Crampton's Gap, and had 4 killed, 39 wounded, and 2 missing at Sharpsburg. It sustained 36 casualties at Fredericksburg, reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 303 at Gettysburg, seventeen percent were disabled. Many were captured at Saylor's Creek and only 4 officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C. C. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N. Chandler and Thomas E. Winn, and Majors Robert E. McMillan and Frederick C. Smith.
References that appear in Military Bibliography of the Civil War, Vol. 2 Southern Border and Western States, by Charles E. Dornbush, first published in 1967. Mitchell, James Madison, 1842 - 1862. A Confederate soldier's letter, contributed and edited by George W. Clower. GHQ xxx (1952) 286-88. (For biographical notice of author, see GHQ xv (1931) 293.) Sanders, Christopher Columbus, - 1908 Chancellorsville, SHSP xxix (1901) 166-72. (Text Signed, Col. C. C. Sanders, Twenty-fourth Georgia regiment) Sutton, E H Civil war stories, written by E. H. Sutton. Demorest, Banner print. co. (1910) 78 p. port. 17 cm. (unit roster Co. K, 76-8.; on cover: Grand Pa's War Stories) References that appear in Military Bibliography of the Civil War, Vol. 4, update of earlier volumes by Charles E. Dornbusch, published in 1987. Mitchell, Tandy Key, 1832 - Autobiography of Dr. T. K. Mitchell, Sr., Lawrenceville, Gwinette county, Georgia, November 25th, 1912. (Atlanta, Mitchell print. co., 1914) 15 p. 2 plates (ports)
C. S. A. Longstreet's Command Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division Lieut. Col. C. C. Sanders, 24th Georgia Infantry, Commanding Organization 16th Georgia Infantry, Cobb's (Georgia) Legion 24th Georgia Infantry, 15th North Carolina Infantry September 17, 1862
Cobb's Brigade crossed the Potomac at daybreak and halted nearGeneral Lee's Headquarters West of Sharpsburg. At about 9:20 A.M., it> formed line on the South side of Bloody Lane, its left resting at this point and, with Rodes' and portions of Garland's and Colquitt's Brigades, participated in the engagement with French's Division of the Second Corps. Later in the day the Brigade changed front to the right, facing East, and supported D. H. Hill's Division and George T. Anderson's Brigade in resisting the advance of Richardson's Division.
Located--East Side Hagerstown Pike
No. 363 24th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. WOFFORD'S BRIGADE McLAWS' DIVISION LONGSTREET'S CORPS
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