24th Indiana Infantry Regiment

24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
	Flag of the United States, 1865-1867
Active	July 31, 1861, to November 15, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh; Battle of Port Gibson; Battle of Champion Hill; Siege of Vicksburg

The 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Vincennes, Indiana, on September 13, 1861.
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
The regiment mustered out of service on November 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 80 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 3 officers and 204 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 295 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

Colonel Alvin Peterson Hovey
Colonel William Thomas Spicely

Notes

http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#24th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

References

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#24th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.