ATTENTION TO ORDERS!!!- The next event for the 24th Virginia is Fort Tejon Invitational   August 16th 17th, setup Friday August 15th , Gates open at 5:pm. There will be a Unit meeting for all Members Saturday afternoon.

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24th Virginia Infantry Regiment

Winston-Salem NC

 

 

 

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Major General James Lawson Kemper

The 24th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War

The 24th Virginia Field Hospital was part of the 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment which was assembled in June, 1861, with men from Floyd, Franklin, Carroll, Giles, Pulaski, Mercer, and Henry Counties. The regiment served under Early at First Manassas, then was assigned to Early's, Kemper's, W.R. Terry's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 24th participated in the campaigns of the army from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was detached with Longstreet. Later it was involved in engagements at Plymouth and Drewry's Bluff, the Petersburg siege north of the James River, and the Appomattox operations. The regiment contained 740 men in April, 1862, and reported 189 casualties at Williamsburg and 107 at Seven Pines. It lost 4 killed, 61 wounded, and 14 missing at Frayser's Farm, had 8 wounded at Fredericksburg, and had forty percent of its 395 engaged at Gettysburg disabled. Many were lost at Sayler's Creek. The 24th Disbanded at Farmville April 5th 1865.

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"Unit Photographer"

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The 24th Virginia Field Hospital re-eanacts as part of the Fort Tejon Historical Association since 1985. And now as part of the American Civil War Society.

 Its (current) members include:

 

 

24th Virginia Hospital Board of Directors

 

David Cotton, Chairman
Dave Colley, Vice-Chairman
Jon Willen M.D. Chief of Surgery
John Powell, Capt. Assistant
Charles Price, Cpl. Assistant Secretary
Leo Najera, 1st. Lt. Treasurer
Niki Mason Assistant Treasurer
Sharon Powell, Quartermaster
Nathan Hayes, 1st. Sgt. Assistant Quartermaster
Matt Cross,  Sgt. Board Member
Brittnie Smith Board Member

 

 

 

Field Officers and members

 

David Cotton,  Major.   Medical Inspector cwsurgn@cox.net

Jon Willen, Major. MD

 Chief Surgeon Brigade jwillen@ix.netcom.com
Dave Colley, Capt . Company Commander Surgeon davidgcolley@att.net
John Powell, Captain. RN. Surgeon

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Mike Jackson, 2nd  Lt. (inactive)  Assistant Surgeon Tnbrck1@aol.com
Leo Najera, 1st Lt. Aide De Camp leo_dogface@yahoo.com
Nathan Hayes, 1st. Sgt.  Steward little_nate118@hotmail.com
Matt Cross,  Sgt. Orderly rcross@bak.rr.com
Charles Price, Cpl. Infantrymen cp_420@hotmail.com
Sharon Powell, NP Chief  Matron  sharonslilies@frazmtn.com     
Rebecca Colley, RN.   Matron davidgcolley@att.net
Brittnie Smith Historian bns@atginternet.com
Niki Mason Photographer huniebunie_15@hotmail.com 

 

Company H. Henry Guard

David Cotton, Major.     

 Battalion Staff Officer

cwsurgn@cox.net

Leo Najera, 1Lt.

Training Officer

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Charles Price, Cpl Infantrymen cp_420@hotmail.com

Associate Members

David Cooper, Capt.

24th Virginia Infantry

Winston-Salem NC

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Howard Wonhoff , Major

30th Virginia field Hospital

SCCWA

Brian Keogh, Major  Federal 44th  N.Y.V. Field Hospital briankeogh@cox.net

Dan,  Surgeon Federal

44th  N.Y.V. Field Hospital

ACWS
Larry Duncan, Capt.  Federal

Surgeon

SCCWA

Dale Himbaugh, 1st.Sgt. San Antonio, Texas. bronco_6@mac.com

 Ron Bidwell,  Capt.

Chaplin/34th N.C.

Sacramento, CA.

 Jerry Gold, 1st Lt.

Richmond Ambulance Committee

1948-2001

 

 

 

Dr.George E.& Sarah Waller

 

Dr. Peter R. Reamy

 

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Medical Education During the Civil War

 

24th Virginia Flag Conservation Project

www.24thvaflag.info

 

 

The 44th Regt. N.Y.V. Field Hospital

            

Our  Federal Impression

 

EVENTS FOR 2009

 

February 14-16 Calico Ghost Town (ACWS members only)
Feb 28 - March 1

St. Catherine's Military School, Anaheim, CA

April 4th-5th Prado Park (SCCWA)
May 30-31 Long Beach (El Dorado East Regional Park) (Howitzers)
July 11-12  (CANCELLED) Old Fort MacArthur Days, San Pedro
August 16-17 Fort Tejon Civil War 
September 5-6 Central Park, Huntington Beach

November 8-9

Moorpark, CA (Moorpark Rotary Club

My favorite picture

Confederate Staff 1998

 

 

For further information Contact 

Capt. David Colley,  davidgcolley@att.net 661-972-9403

Major. Jon Willen M.D. jwillen@ix.netcom.com

Capt. John Powell sharonslilies@frazmtn.com     

1st. Lt. Leo Najera leo_dogface@yahoo.com 562-809-6988

 Major David Cotton cwsurgn@cox.net 602-909-6965  

Dale Himbaugh, 1st.Sgt. 24th Virginia Infantry

 

 

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