24th Virginia Infantry
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- May 17, 1861 - Organized at Lynchburg
- ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service for one year
- July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
- July 18, 1861 -
Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia
- July 21, 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- May 10, 1862 - Reorganized
- May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
- May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- September 27, 1864 - Chaffin's Farm
- April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of the Potomac / Early's Brigade (June-July 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Early's Brigade (July-October 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Van Dorn's Division / Early's Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Van Dorn's/D.H. Hills Division / Early's Brigade (January-March 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Early's/Garland's Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Kemper's Brigade (June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Kemper's Brigade (June-August 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kemper's Division / Kemper's Brigade (August-September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Kemper's Brigade (September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
- Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Kemper's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's/Terry's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Jubal A. Early (Colonel)
- William W. Bentley (Major)
- Peter Hairston (Jr.) (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Joseph A. Hambrick (Major)
- James P. Hammet (Major)
- Richard L. Maury (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William R. Terry (Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Gunn, Ralph White, 24th Virginia Infantry
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 204-205)