{{One source|article|date=June 2008}} {{short description|Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army}} {{Use American English|date=January 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment | image=Flag of the State of Georgia (1861, blue).svg | image_size = 100 |caption=Unofficial Georgia flag prior to 1879 |dates= 1861 &ndash; September 2, 1865<ref name=Regiments>[https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] . [[National Park Service]]. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.</ref> |country={{flag|Confederate States of America}} |allegiance= {{flagicon image|Flag of the State of Georgia (1861, blue).svg}} [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]|branch= {{army|CSA}} |type= [[Infantry]] |equipment= <!-- Culture and history --> |battles= [[American Civil War]] *[[Seven Days' Battles]] *[[Battle of Crampton's Gap|Crampton's Gap]] *[[Battle of Sharpsburg|Sharpsburg]] *[[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]] *[[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]] *[[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]] *[[Knoxville Campaign|Knoxville]] *[[Battle of the Wilderness|Wilderness]] *[[Battle of Spotsylvania|Spotsylvania]] *[[Battle of Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]] *[[Battle of Sayler's Creek|Sayler's Creek]] *[[Appomattox Campaign|Appomattox]] |notable_commanders=Colonel Robert McMillan }} The '''24th Georgia Infantry Regiment''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. The regiment was part of [[Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb|Thomas Cobb's]] brigade at the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]].

== Organization == The 24th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in [[Franklin County, Georgia|Franklin]], [[White County, Georgia|White]], [[Banks County, Georgia|Banks]], [[Towns County, Georgia|Towns]], [[Rabun County, Georgia|Rabun]], [[Gwinnett County, Georgia|Gwinnett]], [[Elbert County, Georgia|Elbert]], [[Hall County, Georgia|Hall]], and [[Habersham County, Georgia|Habersham]] counties. The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C. C. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N. Chandler and [[Thomas E. Winn]], and Majors Robert E. McMillan and Frederick C. Smith. After serving in the Department of [[North Carolina]], the unit moved to [[Virginia]] where it was brigaded under Generals [[Howell Cobb]], [[Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb|T. R. R. Cobb]], [[William T. Wofford|Wofford]], and [[Dudley M. DuBose|DuBose]].

== Service record == The 24th Infantry Regiment fought in the difficult campaigns of the [[Army of Northern Virginia]] from the [[Seven Days Battles]] to [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], then moved to Georgia with [[James Longstreet|Longstreet]]. The 24th was not engaged at [[Battle of Chickamauga|Chickamauga]], but did see action in the [[Knoxville Campaign]]. The regiment returned to Virginia and participated in the conflicts at [[Battle of the Wilderness|The Wilderness]], [[Battle of Spotsylvania|Spotsylvania]], and [[Battle of Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]], was active in the [[Shenandoah Valley]], and ended the war at [[Battle of Appomattox Court House|Appomattox]].

Soon after being mustered into Confederate service the regiment was moved to [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]. Within a week of arriving there, however, it was ordered to [[Goldsboro, North Carolina|Goldsborough, North Carolina]]. There it joined the [[Department of North Carolina]]. The unit remained there until early in 1862. Returning to Virginia, the unit was placed in the [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. It served in that army until the summer of 1863. At that time it was moved to Georgia where it served in the [[Army of Tennessee]]. It next saw service in the [[Department of East Tennessee and West Virginia|Department of East Tennessee]]. In the spring of 1864 the regiment returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, remaining in that army until mid-summer 1864. It then moved to the Shenandoah Valley where it served in the [[Army of the Valley]] District. Finally, in December 1864, the unit returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, serving in that army for the remainder of the war.

Listed below are the specific higher command assignments of the regiment.

*Sep 30, 1861 - Attached, Coast Defense, Department of North Carolina *Apr 30, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Right of Position, Army of Northern Virginia *May 21, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, Third Division, Army of Northern Virginia *Jul 21, 1862 - Second Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia *Sep 20, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia *Dec 10, 1862 - Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia *May 1, 1863 - Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia *Oct 01, 1863 - Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee *Dec 01, 1863 - Wofford's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Department of East Tennessee *May 1, 1864 - Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia *Oct 01, 1864 - Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, Second Corps, Army of the Valley District *Dec 31, 1864 - Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia *Apr 01, 1865 - DuBose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

== Engagements == *Skirmish, Warwick Road, Va. Apr 05, 1862 *Siege, [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown, Va.]] Apr 05 - May 4, 1862 *Engagement, Lee's Mills, Burnt Chimneys, Dam No. 1, Va. Apr 16, 1862 *Evacuation, Yorktown, Va. May 4, 1862 *Skirmish, Ellison's Mills near [[Mechanicsville, Virginia|Mechanicsville, Va.]] May 23, 1862 *Battle, [[Battle of Seven Pines|Seven Pines]], [[Fair Oaks, Henrico County, Virginia|Fair Oaks, Va.]] May 31 - Jun 01, 1862 *[[Seven Days Battles]] Jun 25 - Jul 01, 1862 *Battle, Peach Orchard (Allen's Farm) near Fair Oaks Station Jun 29, 1862 *Battle, Savage Station, Va. Jun 29, 1862 *Battle, [[Battle of Malvern Hill|Malvern Hill]], Crew's Farm (Poindexter's Farm) Jul 01, 1862 *Engagement, Malvern Hill, Va. Aug 05, 1862 *Campaign in Northern Virginia ([[Second Bull Run Campaign]]) Aug 16 - Sep 02, 1862 *Maryland Campaign Sep 06 - Sep 22, 1862 *Action, Maryland Heights, Md. Sep 12 - Sep 13, 1862 *Siege, [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia|Harper's Ferry, W. Va.]] Sep 13 - Sep 15, 1862 *Battle, [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]], [[Sharpsburg, Maryland|Sharpsburg, Md.]] Sep 16 - Sep 17, 1862 *Operations in [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun]], [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier]], and [[Rappahannock County, Virginia|Rappahannock Co, Va.]] Oct 26 - Nov 10, 1862 *Battle, [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg, Va.]] Dec 12 - Dec 15, 1862 *Chancellorsville Campaign Apr 27 - May 6, 1863 *Battle, [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville, Va.]] May 1–5, 1863 *Gettysburg Campaign Jun 03 - Aug 01, 1863 *Battle, [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg, Pa.]] Jul 01 - Jul 03, 1863 *Retreat to near [[Manassas Gap]], Va. Jul 05 - Jul 24, 1863 *Skirmish near [[Battle of Manassas Gap|Manassas Gap, Va.]] Jul 23, 1863 *Battle, [[Battle of Chickamauga|Chickamauga, Ga.]] Sep 19 - Sep 21, 1863 *Siege, [[Siege of Chattanooga|Chattanooga, Tenn.]] Sep 24 - Oct 30, 1863 *Engagement, [[Battle of Wauhatchie|Wauhatchie, Tenn.]] Oct 28 - Oct 29, 1863 *[[Knoxville Campaign]] Nov 04 - Dec 23, 1863 *Skirmish, Little River, Tenn. Nov 15, 1863 *Siege, [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville, Tenn.]] Nov 17 - Dec 04, 1863 *Assault, Forts Saunders and Loudon, Knoxville, Tenn. Nov 29, 1863 *Operations about [[Dandridge, Tennessee|Dandridge, Tenn.]] Jan 16 - Jan 17, 1864 *[[Wilderness Campaign]] May 4 - Jun 12, 1864 *Battle, [[Battle of the Wilderness|Wilderness, Va.]] May 5–7, 1864 *Battles about [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House|Spotsylvania Court House]], Laurel Hill, Ni River, Fredericksburg Road, Va. May 8–21, 1864 *Assault on the Salient, Spotsylvania Court House, Vs. May 12, 1864 *Operations on the line of the [[North Anna River]], Va. May 22–26, 1864 *Operations on the line of the [[Pamunkey River]], Va. May 26–28, 1864 *Operations on the line of the Totopotomoy River, Va. May 28–31, 1864 *Battles about [[Battle of Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor, Va.]] Jun 01 - Jun 12, 1864 *Assault, [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg, Va.]] Jun 16, 1864 *[[Siege of Petersburg|Siege Operations against Petersburg]] and [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, Va.]] Jun 16 - Jul ??, 1864 *Assault, Petersburg, Va. Jun 18, 1864 *Sheridan's Campaign in the [[Shenandoah Valley]], Va. Aug 07 - Nov 28, 1864 *Engagement, Cedarville, [[Battle of Guard Hill|Guard Hill]] ([[Front Royal, Virginia|Front Royal]]), Va. Aug 16, 1864 *Action, Bunker Hill, W. Va. Sep 02 - Sep 03, 1864 *Battle, [[Battle of Opequon|Opequon]], [[Winchester, Virginia|Winchester, Va.]] Sep 19, 1864 *Battle, [[Battle of Fisher's Hill|Fisher's Hill]], [[Woodstock, Virginia|Woodstock, Va.]] Sep 22, 1864 *Battle, [[Battle of Cedar Creek|Cedar Creek]], [[Middletown, Virginia|Middletown]], Belle Grove, Va. Oct 19, 1864 *Siege Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Dec ??, 1864 - Apr 02, 1865 *[[Appomattox Campaign]] Mar 28 - Apr 09, 1865 *Engagement, Sailor's Creek, Va. Apr 06, 1865 *Engagement, Clover Hill, [[Battle of Appomattox Court House|Appomattox Court House]], Va. Apr 09, 1865 *Surrender, Appomattox Court House, Va. Apr 09, 1865

== Casualties == In April 1862, this regiment totaled 660 effectives, lost 43 percent of the 292 engaged at [[Battle of Crampton's Gap|Crampton's Gap]], and had four killed, 39 wounded, and two missing at [[Battle of Sharpsburg|Sharpsburg]]. It sustained 36 casualties at [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]], reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]], and of the 303 at Gettysburg, 17 percent were disabled. Many were captured at [[Battle of Sayler's Creek|Sayler's Creek]] and only four officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9, 1865.

== In popular culture == In the movie, ''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]'', it is identified as "[[Brigadier General]] [[Thomas R. R. Cobb|Thomas R.R. Cobb's]] Irish Regiment, Georgia, [[Confederate States of American|C.S.A.]]".

== See also == *[[List of Civil War regiments from Georgia]]

== References == <references /> *Incorporates ''public domain'' text from the National Park Service [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System].

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