1st Hecker Jaeger Regiment Memorial - Chickamauga National Battlefield
N 34° 55.857 W 085° 15.277
16S E 659411 N 3866776
One of many Civil War memorials in this large park. This one is dedicated to the 24th Illinois Infantry. According to Wikipedia, this regiment was made of German and Hungarian Immigrants.
Waymark Code: WM6WC4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2009
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24th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 24th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, also known as the 1st Hecker Jaeger Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was made up almost exclusively of German and Hungarian immigrants. It was the first unit mobilised for the war in Chicago, and was composed of many Forty-Eighters, veterans of the revolutions of 1848 in Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Service
Battle of Perryville--the extreme left--Starkweather's brigade which included the 24th.The 24th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on July 8, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on August 6, 1864.
Battles and campaigns they participated in
Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862
Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863
Battle of Chickamauga, September 18 - September 20, 1863
Tullahoma Campaign
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 3 officers and 86 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 82 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 173 fatalities.[1]
Prominent personnel
Colonel Frederick Hecker - resigned on December 23, 1861.
Colonel Goza Mihalotzy - killed on March 11, 1864.[2]
Colonel Emil Frey
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