24th Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• August 30, 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• August 16, 1864 - Front Royal
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina (September 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / McLaws' Division / H. Cobb's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / H. Cobb's Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / Magruder's Division / H. Cobb's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / H. Cobb's/T.R.R. Cobb's/Wofford's Brigade (July 1862-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaws' Division / Wofford's Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / McLaws'/Kershaw's Division / Wofford's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Wofford's Brigade (April-August 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Wofford's Brigade (August-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Wofford's/DuBose's Brigade (November 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Robert McMillan (Colonel)
• Joseph N. Chandler (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert E. McMillan (Major)
• Christopher C. Sanders (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Frederick C. Smith (Major)
• Thomas E. Winn (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 228-229)