CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
24th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
- Overview:
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24th Infantry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1861-1862 with men from
Charleston and the counties of Marion and Edgefield. The unit served in the Charleston area,
fought at Secessionville, and in
May, 1863, moved to Mississippi. Assigned to General Gist's Brigade, it was engaged at
Jackson, then joined the Army of Tennessee. The 24th participated in the campaigns of the army
from Chickamauga to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations,
and saw action in North Carolina. It lost 3 killed, 7 wounded, and 2 missing at Secessionville, had
105 killed or wounded at Jackson, and reported 43 killed, 114 wounded, and 12 missing at Chickamauga. The regiment totalled 430
men and 342 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, May 6 to July 18, it
reported 21 killed, 80 wounded, and 18 missing, and on July 27, there were 53 disabled. Of the
285 engaged at Franklin, fifty-three percent were killed, wounded, or missing. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels Ellison Capers and C.H. Stevens; Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Jones; and
Majors M.T. Appleby, Andrew J. Hammond, D.F. Hill, and C.B. Sigwald.
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