Alabama 24th Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:

    24th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mobile, Alabama, in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Mobile, Shelby, Pickens, Clarke, and Talladega. For a time the unit served in the Army of Mobile, then shared in the Kentucky Campaign, but ws not actively engaged. Assigned to General Manugault's Brigade, it participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta , was part of Hood's expedition into Tennessee, and fought in the Battle of Bentonville . During February, 1862, this regiment had 680 effectives, sustained 118 casualties at Murfreesboro, and lost thirty percent of the 381 at Chickamauga . In December, 1863, it contained 278 men and 184 arms, and surrendered in April, 1865, about 125 strong.

    Information on this unit may be found on line at http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alinf.html

OFFICERS:

    Colonels William A. Buck and Newton N. Davis, Lieutenant Colonels William B. Dennett and Benjamin F. Sawyer, and Major Junius J. Pierce.

ASSIGNMENTS:

    Served in the Army of Mobile, then shared in the Kentucky Campaign, but ws not actively engaged. Assigned to General Manugault's Brigade

BATTLES:

ROSTERS:

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Researching this unit?
Here's what's available.
Rigdon, John C.
The Civil War in Alabama		  
CD-ROM
$35.00
Rigdon, John C.
Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index		  
CD-ROM
$12.00
Rigdon, John C.
Historical Sketch and Roster - The Alabama 24th Infantry Regiment
Paperback
$19.95
CD-ROM
$15.00
Wheeler, Gen. Joseph
Confederate Military History - Alabama Volume
Paperback
$35.00
CD-ROM
$15.00

The Civil War in Alabama © - 1998 Eastern Digital Resources