Confederate Regiment

24th North Carolina Infantry

Organized: Weldon, NC; mustered in 7/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Courthouse, VA 4/9/1865

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
LCol. John L. Harris

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Walker's Division
  Brigade - Ransom's Brigade

Unit history

Originally the 14th Volunteers (to 14 November 1861), the Regiment was recruited in Cumberland, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Onslow, Person, and Robeson counties. They were in the Army of the Kanawha, then removed to Murfreesboro, North Carolina. They then joined the Army of Northern Virginia, fighting in the Seven Days and at 2nd Manassas.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 20; Wounded (WIA): 44;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods (9am-noon)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #360: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #362: Ransom's Brigade, Walker's Division - 16 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #374: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

The Regiment was at Fredericksburg , fought at Plymouth and Drewry's Bluff in North Carolina , then on the Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns.

References & Notes

Source: Crute, Joseph H. Jr., Units of the Confederate States Army, Midlothian, Virginia: Derwent Books, 1987.

We have 31 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Fowler, Joseph H.	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Glenn, Jeremiah	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Love, Alexander K.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Monk, Hinton	POW 09/00
A	Pvt	Moore, Robert R.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Ramsey, John W.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Whitt, William	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Alphin, William	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cowell, Martin M.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Whitley, James L.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bunce, William J.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Cashwell, Adam L. J.	KIA 09/17
F	Lt	Downing, Daniel J.	KIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Matthews, Richard D.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rollins, Gibson S.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McAlister, Jr., James D.
G	Pvt	McLean, Albert Allen	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	McLean, John Hector
G	Pvt	McLean, John Norman	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McNair, John G.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McNeill, John J.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Musselwhite, Philip	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Speight, Jervis L.	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bradsher, Moses Banks	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Day, Joseph J.	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Ramsey, William H.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Barber, Reuben	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Johnson, James E.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Surles, James H.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Pearce, Solomon	KIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Harris, John L.

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