24th Iowa Infantry Regiment
The 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 24th Iowa Infantry was organized at Muscatine, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 18, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on July 17, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1204 men served in the 24th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.It suffered 6 officers and 69 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 208 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 284 fatalities.
Commanders
- Colonel Eber C. Byam
- Colonel John Q. Wilds
- Lieutenant Colonel Edward Wright