NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
Twenty-fourth Regiment – Infantry – Volunteers.
The Twenty-fourth Regiment was organized under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 22, 1861, and under existing orders governing the enrollment of troops. A draft for ten thousand four hundred and seventy-eight men, to serve for nine months, unless sooner discharged, had been made upon the Governor of this State by the President of the United States, August 4, 1862, and soon after full instructions for conducting it were received from the War Department. The draft so ordered, was not to interfere with orders governing recruiting, and all enlistments up to September 1st, 1862, would be placed to the credit of the State. A general desire manifested and expressed by the State authorities as well as by prominent citizens throughout the State to avoid the draft, gave an enthusiasm to recruiting which caused the entire quota to be raised by voluntary enlistment, and in Camp by the 3d day of September, 1862, the time appointed for commencing the draft. The organization of the Regiment was fully completed, officered and equipped by the 16th day of September, 1862, at which time, the command was duly mustered into the service of the United States for nine months, at Beverly, N. J., by William B. Royall, Captain Fifth Cavalry, United States Army, having a full complement of men. Officers, 39; Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, 946. Total, 985. It left the State September 29, 1862, en route for Washington. Upon arrival, went into Camp on East Capitol Hill, D. C., but soon after crossed into Virginia and was assigned to a Provisional Brigade, Casey’s Division, Defences of Washington, and began to prepare for active service. It remained in this vicinity until December 1st, when under orders it marched to the front and joined the Army of the Potomac, having been assigned to the Second Army Corps. The Regiment continued its organization and remained in active service until the expiration of its term of service, when it was ordered to return to New Jersey for discharge. The Regiment was mustered out of service at Beverly, N. J., June 29, 1863, by Walter B. Pease, Captain Seventeenth Infantry, United States Army.
The Regiment was first attached to a Provisional Brigade, Casey’s Division, Defences of Washington, D. C.; then to the First Brigade, Ambercrombie’s Division, Department of Washington, D. C.; then to the First Brigade, Third Division, Second Corps.
The Regiment took part in the following engagements: Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13 and 14, ’62; Chancellorsville, Va., May 3 and 4, ’63.
Field and Staff, Twenty-fourth Regiment.
| NO. | NAME. | RANK. | COM. OR ENROLLED. | MUST’D IN. | PERIOD | MUST’D OUT. | REMARKS. |
| 1 | William B. Robertson | Colonel | Sept. 12, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | |
| 1 | Franklin L. Knight | Lieut. Col | Sept. 12, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | Capt. Co. D, 3d Reg., Nov. 30, ’61. |
| 1 | Joel A. Fithian | Major | Sept. 12, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | |
| 1 | Thomas F. G. Cooper | Adjutant | Sept. 16, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | |
| 1 | Samuel R. Fithian | Qr. Mr | Sept. 16, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | |
| 1 | William L. Newell | Surgeon | Sept. 16, ’62 | Sept. 23, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | |
| 1 | Alban Williams | Asst. Surg | Sept. 16, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | |
| 2 | Thomas G. Rowand | Asst. Surg | Sept. 16, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | |
| 1 | William C. Stockton | Chaplain | Sept. 16, ’62 | Sept. 23, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 |
Non-Commissioned Staff.
| NO. | NAME. | RANK. | COM. OR ENROLLED. | MUST’D IN. | PERIOD. | MUST’D OUT. | REMARKS. | ||
| 1 | Francis M. Dubois | Serj. Maj | Sept. 2, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | 1st Serj. Co. G; Serj. Maj. Sept. 30, ’62; discharged Feb. 8, ’63 | – | Disability. | |
| 2 | William B. Thompson | Serj. Maj | Aug. 30, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | 1st Serj. Co. A; Serj. Maj. Feb. 8, ’63; promoted 2d Lieut. Co. A, Feb. 10, ’63. | |||
| 3 | Thomas M. Barracliff | Serj. Maj | Sept. 2, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | Serj. Co. G; Serj. Maj. March 22, ’63; Private Co. G, June 3, ’63. | |||
| 4 | George B. Grier | Serj. Maj | Aug. 30, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | Serj. Co. A; Serj. Maj. June 3, ’63. | ||
| 1 | John R. Burroughs | Qr. Mr. Serj | Sept. 2, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | Private Co. I; Qr. Mr. Serj. Sept. 20, ’62. | ||
| 1 | Richard W. Van Sant | Com. Serj | Aug. 30, ’62 | Sept. 16, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 | Corp. Co. B; Com. Serj. Sept. 20, ’62. | ||
| 1 | Richard S. Fisler | Hosp. Stew | Sept. 29, ’62 | Sept. 29, ’62 | 9 Mos | June 29, ’63 |
Previous Page in Book | Table of Contents | Next Page in Book
