24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Country: United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Union Army
Type:Infantry
Command Structure:
  • In 1862: 1st Brigade (Foster's), Burnside's Expeditionary Corps
  • In 1863: 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 18th Army Corps, Department of North Carolina
Battles:

24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was organized around September-December 1861 at Camp Massasoit in Readville,[1] [2] under Col. Thomas G. Stevenson.[3] The regiment served with the Coast Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside. The Coast Division was deployed in January 1862 for operations on the coast of North Carolina, and participated in the Battle of Roanoke Island and the Battle of New Bern among other engagements.

Commanders

Colonel Francis A. Osborn

Service

On December 9, the regiment left Massachusetts for Annapolis, Maryland and was part of Foster's Brigade, itself a part of Burnside's Expeditionary Corps. The regiment took part in the Battle of Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, and the Battle of New Bern on March 14.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 24th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment . The Civil War in the East . 18 March 2019.
  2. Book: Schouler, William . William Schouler . A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War . E.P. Dutton & Co. . 1868 . Boston . 191–192 .
  3. Web site: Twenty-Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry . Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives . 18 March 2019.