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The 24th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from the state of New York. It was a part of the famed Eastern Iron Brigade under Colonel Walter Phelps. The 24th was mustered into service on July 2, 1861, and mustered out of service May 29, 1863. Col.
Originally mustered in as 138th New York Infantry Regiment on September 8, 1862. Re-designated 9th New York Heavy Artillery on December 19, 1862 due to need for defenses surrounding the capital. 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment
The Eastern Iron Brigade consisted of the 22nd New York, 24th New York, 30th New York, 14th Regiment (New York State Militia), and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters.During the Fredericksburg Expeditions the brigade had two cavalry regiments attached to it, the 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment ("Harris Light") under the command of Lt. Col. Judson Kilpatrick (originally of 5th New York Zouaves) and the 6th ...
7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment; 7th Regiment New York State Militia; 10th Mountain Division; 11th Coast Artillery (United States) 14th Regiment (New York State Militia) 24th Air Division; 27th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (1873) 42nd Infantry Division (United States) 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade; 53rd Troop Command; 69th Infantry ...
24th New York Infantry Regiment; 25th New York Infantry Regiment; 26th New York Infantry Regiment; 26th United States Colored Infantry Regiment; 27th New York ...
Nugent was brevetted Brigadier General for distinguished leadership of the 69th Regiment on March 13, 1865. The veterans of the Irish Brigade were honorably discharged and mustered out three months later; Nugent remained in the regular US Army for the next twenty years and was a formidable "Indian fighter" during the Great Plains Wars with the 13th and 24th Infantry Regiments.
24th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, a unit of the United States Army; 19th and 24th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment, a unit of the United States Army; 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the United States Army; 24th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the United States Army
The 24th Infantry Regiment (one of the Buffalo Soldier regiments) was organized on 1 November 1869 from the 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment (formed 24 July 1866) and the 41st U.S. Infantry Regiment (formed 27 July 1866). [2]: 5 All the enlisted soldiers were black, either veterans of the U.S. Colored Troops or freedmen. From its activation until ...