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| 24th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | August 15, 1862 to June 10, 1865 |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Nickname | "Milwaukee Regiment"[1] "Pet Regiment of Milwaukee"[2] |
| Commanders | |
| Colonels | Charles H. Larrabee Theodore S. West |
| Lieutenant Colonels | Herman L. Page Edwin L. Buttrick Elisha C. Hibbard Arthur MacArthur, Jr. |
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| Part of | III Corps Army of the Ohio XIV Corps XX Corps IV Corps |
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The Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment raised by the state of Wisconsin in 1862. In response to the continuing American Civil War President Abraham Lincoln requested the loyal states for an extra 300,000 men of which the Twenty-fourth formed part of Wisconsin's contribution. The regiment recruited in and around Milwaukee and mustered in for service in August, 1862 and fought in its first battle in October of that year. The regiment saw regular action throughout the rest of the war, mainly in the Western Theater.
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[edit] Background
In the second year of the American Civil War, the Governers of the loyal states met in Convention in Cleveland, Ohio to discuss in which ways the states could further help the Federal government of the United States. On the 28 June 1862 the governors sent a letter to President Abraham Lincoln, requesting;
| “ | …that you at once call upon the several States for such number of men as may be required to fill up all the military organizations now in the field, and add to the armies heretofore organized, such additional number of men as may. In your Judgment, be necessary to govern and hold all the numerous cities and military positions that have been captured by our armies, and to speedily crush the rebellion that still exists in several of our Southern States, thus practically restoring to the civilized world, our great and good Government…[3] | ” |
Lincoln replied on 1 July;
| “ | Gentlemen:—Truly concurring In the wisdom of the views expressed to me In so patriotic a manner by you in your communication of the 28th of June, I have decided to call into service an additional force of three hundred thousand men. I suggest and recommend that the troops should be chiefly of Infantry…[4] | ” |
The Governor of Wisconsin Edward Salomon was informed by the War Department that his state's contribution to the 300,000 would be five regiments of infantry.
[edit] Mustering in
The regiment was raised from a military district composed of the counties of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Sheboygan and Dodge. A local business man, H.L. Page, was appointed Commandant of the district and Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. The people of Madison, Wisconsin had promised a flag to the first regiment to meet its recruitment limit. The Twenty-fourth was the first of the five regiments to be mustered, on 21 August mostly with men from Milwaukee County, and the regiment was awarded the flag.[5]
[edit] Officers
The officer initially selected by Governor Salomon to be commandant of the recruiting district and lieutenant colonel of the yet un-numbered regiment was Herman L. Page, a respected local businessman and former Mayor of Milwaukee and Sheriff of Milwaukee County.
[edit] Organization
The regiment was initially commanded by a Colonel of Volunteers and at various times throughout the Civil War was commanded by Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels and Majors. As established, the regiment had a full complement of 35 officers,[6] 3 surgeons[6] and 970 men organised into ten companies, lettered A to I and K.[6] Each company was led by a Captain and had a First Lieutenant and a Second Lieutenant.
Colonel: Charles H. Larrabee.
Lieutenant Colonel: E.L. Buttrick; Major: Elisha C. Hibbard; Adjutant: Arthur McArthur; Quartermaster: G.E. Starkweather; Surgeon: Herman Hasse; First Assistant Surgeon: Charles Mueller; Second Assistant Surgeon: Moses C. Hott; Chaplain: Rev. Francis Fasseder.
| Company | Captains | First Lieutenants | Second Lieutenants |
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| A | Richard H. Austin | Thomas E. Balding | George Bleyer |
| B | William H. Eldred | Howard Green | Charles D. Rogers |
| C | Carl von Baumbach | Peter Strack | Charles Hartung |
| D | Alva Philbrook | Samuel B. Chase | Christian Nix |
| E | Duncan C. Reed | David G. Horning | R.P. Elmore |
| F | John W. Clark | Peter C. Lusk | Charles P. Huntington |
| G | Henry M. Bridge | William Kennedy | Edward K. Holton |
| H | Henry W. Gunnison | Gustavus Goldsmith | Courtland P. Larkin |
| I | Frederick A. Root | Robert J. Chivas | John L. Mitchell |
| K | Orlando Elsworth | Edwin D. Parsons | Louis F. Battle |
[edit] Service
On 25 July a native of Dodge County, Major Charles H. Larabee was appointed Colonel of the regiment by the governor[7] and Page resigned at this "distasteful"[5] appointment on 22 August and was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel E.L. Buttrick of Milwaukee.[8] The regiment completed mustering at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee on 21 August[9] and on 5 September 1862 the regiment left Wisconsin for Louisville Kentucky to report for duty.[8]
[edit] Battle of Perryville
At the Battle of Perryville, the regiment fought in Grensel's Thirty-seventh Brigade in Sheridan's Eleventh Division, as part of III Corps of the Army of the Ohio.
At the Battle of Stone River the Twenty-fourth was in Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill's First Brigade in Sheridan's Third Division.[10]
[edit] Record
The total strength of the regiment, including the drafts of 1864 and 1865 amounted to 1,077 men. The dead numbered 173.[11][12] The original strength of the regiment had been 1,003 men. 70 men joined in 1864 and 4 in 1865. 138 transferred to other units. 72 deserted. 298 were discharged and 406 mustered out on 10 June 1865.[12]
[edit] Noted people who served
[edit] Notes
- ^ Thwaites. The Story of Wisconsin, p. 301.
- ^ Frank. Medical History of Wisconsin, p. 230.
- ^ Quiner. Military History of Wisconsin, p. 128.
- ^ Quiner. Military History of Wisconsin, p. 129.
- ^ a b Quiner. Military History of Wisconsin, p. 136.
- ^ a b c d Quiner. Military History of Wisconsin, p. 720.
- ^ Starr. Dictionary of American Biography Vol. VI, p. 5.
- ^ a b Quiner. Military History of Wisconsin, p. 721.
- ^ Western Historical Company. History of Rock County, p. 82.
- ^ van Horne; Ruger. Army of the Cumberland, p. 282.
- ^ Frank. Medical History of Wisconsin, p. 231.
- ^ a b Quiner. Military History of Wisconsin, p. 733.
[edit] Bibliography
- Frank, Dr. Louis Frederick (1915). The Medical History of Wisconsin: 1834–1914. Milwaukee: Germania Publishing Co..
- Quiner, Edwin Bentley, Esq. (1866). The Military History of Wisconsin…in the War for the Union. Chicago: Clarke & Co., Publishers.
- Thwaites, Reuben Gold (1890). The Story of Wisconsin, The Story of the States. Boston: D Lothrop Company.
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