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24th US Colored Troops

Regimental History from Frederick Dyer's A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

Organized at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia, Pa., January 30 to March 30, 1865. 


Service:

Moved to Washington, D.C., May 5, and duty at Camp Casey till June 1. 

At Point Lookout, Md., guarding prisoners till July 16. 

Moved to Richmond, Va., and duty in Sub-District of Roanoke, Headquarters at Burkesville, till September. 

Moved to Richmond, Va., and there mustered out October 1, 1865.

Bibliography

Secondary Sources:

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, 1869-1871. Vol. 5, pp. 1011-1025.

Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Harrisburg: Capitol Preservation Committee, 1987. Vol. 1, p. 51.
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