CAMPS OF THE TWENTY FOURTH INDIANA REGIMENT.
| Names. | Located at. | Date. |
| Knox | Vincennes, Ind. | August 18, 1861 |
| Jessey | St. Louis, Mo. | August 2, 1861 |
| Allen | Carondalet, Mo. | September 16, 1861 |
| Jessup | Syracuse, Mo. | September 20, 1861 |
| Lamine Bridge, Mo. | September 24, 1861 | |
| Georgetown, Mo. | October 16, 1861 | |
| Tipton, Mo. | October 21, 1861 | |
| Burr | Missouri | November 1, 1861 |
| Near Springfield, Mo. | November 9, 1861 | |
| Warsaw, Mo. | November 16, 1861 | |
| S. E. of Tipton, Mo. | November 27, 1861 | |
| S. of Syracuse, Mo. | November 29, 1861 | |
| N. E. of Sedalia, Mo. | December 8, 1861 | |
| Below Sedalia | December 15, 1861 | |
| Otterville, Mo. | December 23, 1861 | |
| Fort Donnelson, Tenn. | February 18, 1862 | |
| Fort Henry, Tenn. | March 1, 1862 | |
| Crump’s Landing, Tenn. | March 18, 1862 | |
| Shiloh, Tenn. | April 18, 1862 | |
| Broomsage | May 10, 1862 | |
| Gravel Ridge, Tenn. | June 5, 1862 | |
| Boliver, Tenn. | June 8, 1862 | |
| Union Station | June 12, 1862 | |
| Memphis, Tenn. | June 18, 1862 | |
| White River, Ark. | July 4, 1862 | |
| Helena, Ark. | July 5, 1862 | |
| Vicksburg, Miss. | July 4, 1863 | |
| Jackson, Miss. | July 10, 1863 | |
| Vicksburg, Miss. | July 20, 1863 | |
| Natchez, Miss. | August 5, 1863 | |
| Carrolton, La. | August 13, 1863 | |
| Brasier City, La. | October 3, 1863 | |
| New Iberia, La. | October 6, 1863 | |
| Vermillion Bayou, La. | October 10, 1863 | |
| Camp View, La. | October 18, 1863 | |
| Barres Landing, La. | October 21, 1863 | |
| Opelousas, La. | October 21, 1863 | |
| Caron Crow Bayou, La. | November 1, 1863 | |
| Vermillion Bayou, La. | November 5, 1863 | |
| New Iberia, La. | November 9, 1863 | |
| Algers, La. | December 22, 1863 | |
| Evansville, Ind. | March 2, 1864 | |
| New Orleans, La. | April 3, 1864 | |
| Baton Rouge, La. | August 16, 1864 | |
| Morganza Bend, La. | December 24, 1864 | |
| Baton Rouge, La. | December 25, 1864 | |
| Shell | Carrolton, La. | January 5, 1865 |
| Mud | Kennerville, La. | January 19, 1865 |
| Redoubt | Pensacola, Fla. | January 26, 1865 |
| Beauty | Florida | February 11, 1865 |
| Fort Blakely | April 9, 1865 | |
| Fort Spanish, Fla. | April 12, 1865 | |
| Selma, Ala. | April 29, 1865 | |
| Mobile, Ala. | May 8, 1865 | |
| Galveston, Texas | November 16, 1865 |
CHAPTER I.
The Twenty-fourth Indiana regiment was one of the first called for as three years’ volunteers. We were enrolled on the 9th day of July, 1861, to serve for three years, if not sooner discharged. We were mustered into service July 31st, 1861, at Camp Knox, which is near Vincennes, Indiana.
Our first camp life after being enrolled was a new mode of living and sport. Some of the boys had never been very far from our homes, and were not posted in the pranks and tricks of the times, even in those early days.
We soon drew a few old Harper’s Ferry muskets. We had a string guard around the camp. Company drill was held four hours each day. This was the only amusement which we had in the daytime, but at night we had magicians, sleight of hand performers, and others who made amusement for some of us who had never seen many shows. The tall man and elephant also paraded through the quarters at night, and this furnished a great deal of amusement for us.
We got our uniforms August 7th. They were gray and were about as appropriate as our old Harper’s Ferry muskets. The guards soon beat the stocks off of the muskets and bent the ends of the barrels. These they used as canes.
Getting used to camp life was quite a change for some of us who had been raised up on corn bread, hominy and buttermilk. There was also a change in the bill of fare. We now had hard tack, sow belly, and black coffee. There were many other changes of life which must be made to make us a happy, united family.