24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

The 24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment was formed in Weldon, North Carolina on July 1, 1861, as the 14th North Carolina Volunteers, and was subsequently renamed the 24th North Carolina on November 14, 1861. His companies were recruited in Johnston , Persona, Onslow, Halifax, Cumberland, and Franklin counties. William Clark ^[1] was elected Colonel, Thomas Veynabl (1825-1894) Lieutenant Colonel, Jonaan Evans was major.

• Rota A - County Person - cap. John Dillehai
• Rota B - Onslow County
• Rota C - Johnston County
• Rota D - Halifax County (added May 16, 1862)
• Rota E - Johnston County
• Company F -
• Company G -
• Rota H - Person County
• Rota I - Johnston County
• Company K -

The regiment spent several days near Veldon, then was sent to Richmond, and from there to West Virginia, at the disposal of General John Floyd. Only at the end of October did the regiment join Floyd's detachment, which was retreating under the blows of the Rosecrans army from the Ditch Valley. Before the start of winter, the regiment stood at Big Sewell Mountain. During the march and in the camp, the regiment survived a strong measles epidemic, from which many died. After the onset of cold weather, the regiment was taken to Petersberg in winter apartments.

In the spring of 1862, the regiment was sent to the eastern part of North Carolina, to Murfreesboro. A reorganization took place here in May. The regiment was renamed the 24th North Carolina Infantry, and its officers were re-elected. Clark remained a colonel, John Harris became a lieutenant colonel, and Tadeusz Lowe became a major.

June 25, the regiment first participated in the battle - in a shootout at White Oak-Swamp. In this battle, William Scott from company E was killed, which was the first battle loss of the regiment in that war. The regiment was included in the Robert Ransom brigade, and participated only in the last battle of the Seven Day Battle - at the battle of Malvern Hill , where he lost 9 killed and 42 wounded. When the federal army left the peninsula, the 24th was sent to Richmond, spent several days on the battlefield at Seven Pines , then went to Drurys Bluff, and from there to Petersberg.

September 1, the regiment arrived in Richmond, and from there went by rail to Gordonsville. The North Virginia Army entered Maryland at this time, and the 24th Regiment followed. He crossed the Potomac River near Leesburg and came to Frederick, and on September 14 arrived to strengthen the divisions of Thomas Jackson , besieging Harpers Ferry . After the fall of Harpers Ferry, the entire Ransom brigade was transferred to Sharpsburg and took part in the battle of Entity . She was placed on the far right flank of the army, but at around 09:00 they transferred to strengthen the left flank. Here the brigade was thrown to repel the last attack of the federal army, and General Ransom, watching his units, said: “God bless these brave guys, I will never say anything bad about them!” ^[2] . During the Maryland campaign, the regiment lost 20 people killed and 44 wounded.

When the army left Maryland, the regiment retreated to Martinsburg and Winchester, where he spent about 10 days in the camp. From there he was transferred to Culpeper , and in December to Frederiksberg , where during the battle of Frederiksberg, together with the 25th North Carolina, he supported the Cobb brigade, defending the heights of Marie. The regiment held a position near the famous stone wall, where it repulsed several attacks of federal divisions. In this battle, the 24th lost 4 people killed and 24 wounded.

On January 3, 1863, the Ransom brigade was withdrawn from the North Virginia Army and returned to North Carolina. (On January 7, the regiment arrived in Petersberg, on January 23 arrived in Wilmington) Here General Robert Ransom went on promotion and his brother, Matthew Ransom, took his place. Until the end of the year, the regiment was used to guard the Wilmington-Weldon railway.

• Hicks, George W., North Carolina Confederate Regiments: 1861, PublishAmerica, 2012 ISBN 146269120X
• Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr. and Louis H. Manarin, “North Carolina Troops (1861-1865): A Roster” Office of Archives and History: Raleigh, NC 1973, ISBN 1626368112

• 24th North Carolina Infantry Regimental History - Histories of the Several Regiments from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-65, Volume 2, Written by Members of the Respective Commands, Edited by Walter Clark, Lieutenant Colonel Seventeenth Regiment NCT, Published by the State, 1901
• 24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment