1st 3rd 7th 11th 24th Virginia Infantry. The 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in southwestern Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Finding Aid, Rights Statement for Archival Description, 24th Virginia Infantry Records, 1863 Ms.1990.037, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CVA0024RI, https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. the coming year would hold for the survivors of Pickett's Charge was unknown;
unheeded; in the
and had about forty percent of the 395 engaged at Gettysburg . completely shod. (394811.1N 771521.9W), Marker for Woffords Brigade across Emmitsburg Road from the Peach Orchard. Wofford was a Mexican War veteran, planter, state representative and lawyer from Georgia. leftward movement, but his efforts went for naught. Brigadier General Wofford was on leave, having been twice wounded in the spring fighting.
24th Virginia Infantry Co. C & Co. I | Regimental Histories and sustained 9 killed and 62 wounded at Chancellorsville. Bright to instruct Gen.
firing and Col. Terry ordered the 24th Virginia to prepare to advance. Following the Confederate withdrawal from their Yorktown position, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was not prepared to mount an immediate pursuit with his entire force from the siege lines he had occupied for nearly a month. 4 tour map). Joseph Hooker and Phil Kearny, made contact with Johnston's army four miles sout Read More, In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Of the 348 engaged at Gettysburg, only four percent were disabled. battery located on Little Round Top. This map will get you close. opened on the exposed right flank of the 24th Virginia. Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. retreat it became terrible.". Returning to Virginia, the unit was placed in the Army of Northern Virginia. Major James Dearing's
heartbroken Gen. Pickett mingled among the survivors of his division. the 24th Virginia. On
"suffered considerably from the iron hail of the enemy's batteries. One regiment was left on outpost duty in that grove. lines; Kemper's and Garnett's brigades first, followed by Armistead's
27th Virginia Infantry - West Virginia in the Civil War July 4. Howard Inc. Virginia Regimental History Series, 1st edition 1987), List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate units, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=24th_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1126802501, Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia, Military units and formations established in 1861, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 09:06. The
Virginians pushed forward, only to be hit from the front by William Harrow's
objective point." The
. collectively, Kemper's and Garnett's men continued their easterly charge. twenty-three miles through suffocating dust. He was also admitted to Chimborazo with typhus on January 11, 1863, Pickett's
and. 27, 1863. The 24th Virginia's most prominent field officers were Colonels Jubal A. about
One regiment was left on outpost duty in that grove. Major Robert McMillan took command of the regiment until he was wounded. Under a blazing sun, the men could do little except watch and wait. This move was concealed from the enemy by a ravine, or
Kemper's brigade led the rest of. 24th Virginia Infantry Records 1863 . Company A, (The Floyd Riflemen) 24th Virginia Infantry is a U.K. based living history group. Quantity 0.1 Cubic Feet, 1 folder. percent casualty rate before the actual charge began. It then moved to the Shenandoah Valley where it served in the Army of the Valley District. The 24th Virginia Infantry was in Kemper's Brigade. From
Kershaw would start the battle at dawn in a dense fog. The regiment had 138 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles and lost forty-two percent of the 150 in the Maryland Campaign and more than forty-five percent of the 328 engaged at Gettysburg. Later in the day the Brigade changed front to the right, facing east, and supported D. H. Hills Division and George T. Andersons Brigade in resisting the advance of Richardsons Division. The regiment's field officers included colonels Jubal A. told me that Kemper had been struck down, it was feared mortally, and, Garnett
It next saw service in the Department of East Tennessee. At midnight began march to Hagerstown. The regiment was commanded by Colonel Robert McMillan and brought about 300 men to the field. The regiment contained 740 men in April, 1862. This unsupported flank made an inviting target, which the Union
Savage handto-hand combat began between the Virginians and
3 tour map). The
forms or to submit a completed form. for several hours. ranks of Kemper's brigade continued to be fragmented by the torrent of enemy, fire
and then. which
division and arrived just west of Gettysburg around 8:00 A. M. Under
Individually, and in places
Virginia Infantry's Action at Gettysburg.". able. had
traversing the plain below, the Virginians moved alternately by "the front
24th Virginia Infantry Records, 1863 Ms.1990.037 Instead, defeat had befallen the Army of Northern
The Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg - Gettysburg National Categories: Battle of Gettysburg | Battle of Fredericksburg | Virginia, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War. All withdrew late in the afternoon. Suffering over a fifty percent casualty rate,
follows: 3rd, 7th, 1st, 11th and 24th Virginia. The brigade had never
He was captured at Farmville on April 6, He was detailed as a guard at White Sulphur Springs in January 1864, then retired from duty on April 1, 1864, and returned July 3. The 24th Infantry Regiment fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Georgia with Longstreet. In desperation, Terry tried to stop the
. Laundrum's certificate, issued at Montgomery Springs, Virginia [i.e., Montgomery White Sulphur Springs] and signed Colonel Christopher C. Sanders took command of the brigade as senior colonel. Confederate HeadquartersLongstreets FirstCorpsMcLawss Division. In the forenoon formed line in the field east of the woods with right flank near Spanglers Barn. on the Chambersburg Pike toward Gettysburg. Emmitsburg road, they received a devastating fire from Benjamin Rittenhouse's
At Taylorsville the troops had built substantial
House, the men took the Mountain road to the capital. As the Confederate line wavered Federal cavalry struck both flanks, and the Confederate line broke for the rear. Virginia. looked better. To fry it would have caused it to shrink too much. Of the 148 in action at Gettysburg about thirty percent were disabled. As Dearing's men cheered, soldiers from the Virginia
ravinous thirst with the same rose-colored liquid. He returned to duty on March 25, 1863. He commanded a Virginia brigade at the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, participating in a late-afternoon charge along Chinn Ridge that routed Union . As
they. The Battle of Williamsburg. highlands passed through the Confederate artillery "deliberately [and] in
From the monument to Kemper's Brigade on the Gettysburg battlefield: July 2.
Virginia Civil War Confederate Infantry Units FamilySearch Marshall Canada enlisted in Company E at Newbern, Virginia on February 27, 1862, and was present with the company through in Pulaski County. nonessentials. these, rocks
eastward on the Chambersburg Pike toward Gettysburg. On the 13th, the
The regiment contained 740 men in April, 1862, and reported 189 casualties at Williamsburg and 107 at Seven Pines.
Major Joseph Chandler was elected lieutenant colonel. Once Longstreet had consented to the charge, Pickett rode among his
Continuing forward, Capt. The regiment served Confederate Regiments & Batteries *Georgia. of
force were dangling in the air. We try as authentically as possible to give people a glimpse into life during the American Civil War through living history displays, public talks & battle re-enactments. brigade to "Old Buck" Terry. The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Within a week of arriving there, however, it was ordered to Goldsborough, North Carolina.
It lost 8 men killed, 29 men wounded and 46 men missing or captured. pvt.Edward Carter was in the 24th VIRGINIA INFANTRY F COMPANY they were called 'THE NEW RIVER RIFLES' He was captured at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. With the help of Col. Carrington. Richmond Times Dispatch Dec.13,1914 He was a survior of that dreaded day at
unsupported Virginians could not maintain their advantage. Coffee, of a sort, was made from parched wheat, rye or sometimes rice. In the spring of 1864 the regiment returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, remaining in that army until mid-summer 1864. exclaimed: With
The men then went
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the . in the afternoon near Willoughby Run. open field behind the ridge for the next three hours.
It lost 4 killed, 61 wounded, and 14 missing at Frayser's Farm, had 8 wounded at Fredericksburg, and had about forty percent of the 395 engaged at Gettysburg disabled. Exposed to a severe fire of artillery and vigorously assailed beyond the Emmitsburg Road by infantry on the right flank with ranks thinned and much disorganized by its losses especially of officers it pressed on against the Union line at the stone wall where after a fierce encounter the struggle ended. The
Virginians rapidly crossed South Mountain and by 2:00 P.M. had trudged
24th Georgia Infantry Regiment - The Civil War in the East The entire brigade suffered more than a
Virginia crossed the Potomac and began picket duty about a mile south of the, ferry. 24th Virginia Infantry Records, Ms1990-037, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. the Eighteenth, and Major Bently, of the Twenty-fourth, I hastily gathered
Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho Read More, The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. This tactical
MilitaryHistoryOnline.com The regiment lost 4 men killed, 39 wounded, and 2 missing. July 4. 27th Virginia Infantry was organized in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. Walter
The 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment was comprised of companies recruited in southwestern Virginia, with Company E being organized from wagon trains and prepared for the following day's battle. Brigadier General William T. Wofford commanded the brigade at Gettysburg. This
been the previous year. Under a broiling sun the Virginians rapidly crossed South Mountain and by 2:00 P.M. had trudged twenty-three miles through suffocating dust. success. There the men bathed their wounds in a little
The 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 24th participated in the campaigns of the army from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was detached to Suffolk with Longstreet. When Virginia joined the Confederacy Early became colonel of the 24th Virginia Infantry. At midnight began march to Hagerstown. Despite the murderous fire from the Union soldiers, the men
Richard Landrum, a farmer, enlisted in Company E at Lynchburg on May 27, 1861. fire from Benjamin Rittenhouse's battery located on Little Round Top. backing across the field, the men from the Virginia highlands continued to
men on the location of the enemy position and the difficulty of their task; for
Lt. The dapper general had formed his division in. nonessentials. small
today." When he
Smithfield in Jefferson County. by senior surgeon J. Lewis Woodville on July 9, 1863, states that Laundrum has been furloughed for 60 days to go to Pulaski to, be
For the next two days, the Virginians guarded the roads while Lee's army, At
heights.Within a few steps of the stone fence, while in the act of shaking
Under a broiling sun the
They passed a
fifteen. Confederate Brigadier General William T. Wofford, 16th Georgia 18th Georgia 24th Georgia Cobbs Legion Phillips Legion, View from the roof of the State of Pennsylvania Monument, Tour the Battlefield East Cavalry Field. Source: "24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry" entry, National Park Service's Battle Units database, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CVA0024RI. the combat. the main assault line. From the marker on the Gettysburg battlefield: July 2. At the close of the cannonade advanced and took part in Longstreets assault upon the Union position in the vicinity ofthe Angle. Only 1 officer and 20 men surrendered.
24th.Virginia Infantry at Gettysburg - oocities.org The regiment returned to Virginia and participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, was active in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox. it reached Bunker Hill. The Confederates considered this duty
HDQRS. However, the withering flank artillery fire was just the beginning. procured, rations
position. was stationed in a cluster of trees southeast of the Codori house and
It lost 8 men killed, 29 men wounded and 46 men missing or captured. Gettysburg, the Siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox Campaign. "24th
The ultimate victory which they had hoped for in 1863
July 4. There the troops
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