24th Ohio Infantry Regiment

24th Ohio Infantry Regiment
24th Ohio National Colors
Active	May 29, 1861, to June 24, 1864 (Co. D to October 22, 1865)
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Avg. ~476
Nickname(s)	"Ammen's Regulars" "The Methodists" "The Cleveland Garribaldians" "The Orphan Regiment" "The Red Shirts"
Motto(s)	"Outnumbered we may be, but surprised, never!"
Equipment	Model 1816 Musket Springfield Model 1855 Springfield Model 1861 Waxed jacket Slouch hat
Engagements	Battle of Cheat Mountain >Capture and Occupation of Nashville< Battle of Shiloh Siege and Occupation of Corinth Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon Battle of Perryville Affair at Nelson's Cross Roads Skirmish at Lee and Gordon's Mill Battle of Stones River Battle at Woodbury Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Ringgold Gap Demonstration on Dalton Forrest's Expedition Into West Tennessee and Kentucky Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
Insignia
November 1862 to January 1863, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland

The 24th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In the Battle of Cheat Mountain, the 24th Ohio and 14th Indiana, with around 300 engaged, defended Cheat Summit Fort—also called Fort Milroy—from around 4,500 Confederates of Anderson, Rust, and Gen. H. R. Jackson's brigades, leading to a shameful defeat for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The regiment played "The Star-Spangled Banner" while marching out of Pittsburg Landing and almost lost all of its commissioned officers in the Battle of Stones River. The 24th Ohio is supposed to have suffered its only defeat on the battlefield at the Battle of Chickamauga.^[1]