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Civil War
Twenty Fourth Regiment Infantry
With the opening of the campaign of 1864, the 24th, under command of Colonel Morrow, and then serving in the 1st brigade, 4th division, 5th corps, broke camp at Culpepper on the evening of the 3d of May, crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford on the 4th, and on the evening of the 5th encountered the enemy in the Wilderness. During this engagement the regiment captured a number of prisoners and a stand of colors from the 48th Virginia Infantry. Its loss during the battles of the Wilderness were 18 killed, 46 wounded, and 42 prisoners and missing.
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