TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. ” Our country! forever we swear ‘neath the blue, Thy name and thy fame bright and spotless shall be! Thine honor we’ll guard hearts and hands ever true; Columbia! we owe all and give all to thee!” The 24th was raised almost exclusively in the county of Wayne, with its rendezvous at [...]
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G. Captain, William A. Owen, Detroit. First Lieutenant, William Hutchinson Detroit Second Lieutenant, George W. Burchell, Detroit. ‘ H. Captain, Warren G. Vinton, Detroit. First Lieutenant, John C Merritt Second Lieutenant, Newell Grace, Bedford. ‘ I. Captain, George C. Gordon, Detroit. First Lieutenant, Henry P Kinnev Second Lieutenant, John M. Gordon, Bedford. K. Captain, William [...]
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but owing to some disarrangement it did not start until October 1st, arriving at Frederick City about midnight of the same day, and the day after went into camp. On October 6th the regiment marched for Sharpsburg, arriving there on the 8th, and was assigned to General Gibbon’s 1st brigade, 1st division, 1st corps. On [...]
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On the latter day it supported battery “B, ” 4th U. S. artillery, sustaining a loss of 8 killed, 16 wounded and 8 missing. Among the killed was Lieutenant David Birrell. April 22d, 1863, the regiment marched from camp at Belle Plains, crossed the Rappahannock at Port Royal at daylight on the 23d, drove the [...]
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In this affair the brigade marched over 150 miles in five days. The regiment, again in command of Colonel Morrow and then in the 1st brigade, 1st division, 1st corps, soon entered on the Pennsylvania campaign. At Gettysburg, the great battle of the rebellion, Michigan troops were in large proportion. There the Confederate army of [...]
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Charge follows charge in rapid order, unparalleled salvos of artillery, drifts of shot and shell, whirlwinds of minie bullets, continuous and destructive; the field is gory, and the air is thick with the breath of the dying. Three long days the battle rages, but the flag of the union is triumphant, its stars shine brightly, [...]
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On the first day the loss of the 24th was extremely large, being 316 in killed, wounded, and missing. Among the killed were Captains William J Speed, Malachi O’Donnell, and Lieutenants Walter S. Wallace W. S Safford. Newell Grace, R. Humphreyville, Gilbert A. Dickey, and Lucius D. Shattuck. During the engagements of the 2d and [...]
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Our pace was considerably quickened, and about 9 A. M. we came near the town of Gettysburg, and filed off to the left; leaving it on our right, we crossed an insignificent branch, and were moved forward into line of battle on the double-quick. The cavalry immediately in our front was hotly engaged with the [...]
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the 19th Indiana being on the left of the 24th Michigan, and the 7th Wisconsin on its right. In executing this movement my lieutenant colonel and adjutant were severely wounded, and did not afterward join the regiment, the former having lost a leg and the latter being severely wounded in the groin. The line of [...]
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The left of my regiment was now exposed to an enfilading and cross fire, and orders were given for this portion of the line to swing back so as to force the enemy now on the flank. Pending the execution of this movement the enemy advanced in such force as to compel me to fall [...]
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