The 24th Virginia Volunteer Infantry was formed in early 1861 & made up of men from the southwestern counties of Floyd, Franklin, Carroll, Pulaski, Giles, Mercer, Henry, Patrick & Montgomery.

🔘 Company A was formed by men from Floyd County & was organised by Calohill M. Stigleman who became the company’s first Captain. They were known as the ‘Floyd Riflemen’ & quickly earned the reputation as one of the best disciplined companies in the regiment.
🔘 Franklin County provided two companies to the regiment. The first was designated as Company B, the ‘Franklin Rifles’.
🔘 The second company became Company D, the ‘Early Guards’, captained by Thomas S. Taylor, a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute.
🔘 Company C was drawn from Carroll County & was affectionately known as the ‘Carroll Boys’.
🔘 Men from Pulaski County made up Company E under the command of William Weldon Bentley, who studied under a certain Thomas J. Jackson at V.M.I.
🔘 The ‘New River Rifles’ hailed from Giles County & formed Company F. Upon their organisation they patriotically declared their uniforms could only be made from cloth manufactured in Virginia!
🔘 Mercer County, in modern day West Virginia, furnished men who became Company G.
🔘 Company H, somewhat appropriately, originated from Henry County. Dr Peter R. Really led the ‘Henry Guards’.
🔘 Company I was one of the first to be formed and was comprised of men from Patrick County.
🔘 Company K, led by another V.M.I. graduate, Dr James Preston Hammet, was raised on Montgomery County & was outfitted by Judge Waller R. Staples. This fine company was known as  the ‘New River Grays’.
🔘 The first Colonel of the 24th Virginia was Jubal Anderson Early & in the early part of the war the regiment was known as ‘Early’s Regiment’ even after Jubal Early had been promoted to command of a brigade.


During the course of the American Civil War we have identified a total of 1,303 men who served in the ranks of the 24th Virginia Volunteer Infantry.
- A total of 106 men were Killed in Action.
- During the war 509 men were wounded, some several times.
- A further 325 men were taken prisoner.
- Some 202 soldiers succumbed to disease.
That is a total of 1,142 casualties of all description or a truly staggering casualty rate of over 87%!!
When the regiment surrendered on April 9th 1865 at Appomattox Court House there were no officers left & just 22 NCO's & enlisted men to be paroled.

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