The 24th Ga., Co. H
History of the 24th:
The 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in White, Banks, Towns, Rabun, Gwinnett, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, and Hall counties. The unit was officially mustered into Confederate service on August 24, 1861.
Company H of the 24th Georgia was primarily made up of recruits from Franklin and Habersham counties. The namesake "Currahee Rangers" was given because of Currahee Mountain located in the Franklin county area.
After serving in the Department of North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals H. Cobb, T.R.R. Cobb, Wofford, and DuBose. It fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Georgia with Longstreet. The 24th was not engaged at Chichamauga, but did see action in the Knoxville Campaign. Returning to Virginia, it participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, was active in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox.
In April, 1862, this regiment totaled 660 effectives, lost forty-three percent of the 292 engaged at Crampton's Gap, and had 4 killed, 39 wounded, and 2 missing at Sharpsburg. It sustained 36 casualties at Fredericksburg, reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 303 at Gettysburg, seventeen percent were disabled. Many were captured at Saylor's Creek and only 4 officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9, 1865.
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