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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
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Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br> | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br> | ||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,342 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UMA0024RI Roster]. | The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,342 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UMA0024RI Roster]. | ||
=== Regimental History and Roster === | |||
*''Roster of Company I, 24th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers.'' By Massachusetts Infantry. 24th Regiment,. Boston: E. B. Stillings & co., 1902. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/rosterofcompanyi00mass Internet Archive] | |||
*''The Twenty-fourth regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, 1861-1866.'' By Alfred Seelye Roe. Worcester, Mass.: Twenty-fourth veteran association, 1907. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/twentyfourthregi02roea/page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive] | |||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
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*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | ||
*Roe, Alfred Seelye. ''The Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, 1861-1866 : New England guard regiment.'' (Worcester, Massachusetts : Twenty-Fourth Veteran Association, 1907, c1907), {{ | *Roe, Alfred Seelye. ''The Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, 1861-1866 : New England guard regiment.'' (Worcester, Massachusetts : Twenty-Fourth Veteran Association, 1907, c1907), {{FSC|91778|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.4 M2ra}} and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),{{FSC|786840|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6083180}} | ||
*Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay). ''The captured scout of the Army of the James | *Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay). ''The captured scout of the Army of the James : a sketch of the life of Sergeant Henry H. Manning, of the Twenty-Fourth Mass. Regiment.'' (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), {{FSC|786850|item|disp=FS Library film 6083181}} | ||
*Images of the [https://www.google.com/search?q=24th+Regiment,+Massachusetts+Infantry&client=firefox-a&hs=sn1&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Hw5zUffvGKOjigLiq4GAAw&ved=0CEkQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=908 24th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry],(accessed 20 April 2013). | *Images of the [https://www.google.com/search?q=24th+Regiment,+Massachusetts+Infantry&client=firefox-a&hs=sn1&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Hw5zUffvGKOjigLiq4GAAw&ved=0CEkQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=908 24th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry],(accessed 20 April 2013). | ||
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