24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

It was organized around September–December 1861 at Camp Massasoit in Readville,[1][2] under Col. Thomas G.

[3] The regiment served with the Coast Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside.

The Coast Division was deployed in January 1862 for operations on the coast of North Carolina, and participated in the Battle of Roanoke Island and the Battle of New Bern among other engagements.

Colonel Francis A. Osborn On December 9, the regiment left Massachusetts for Annapolis, Maryland and was part of Foster's Brigade, itself a part of Burnside's Expeditionary Corps.

This article about a specific American military unit is a stub.

Brigadier General Thomas Greely Stevenson of 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress