24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry The 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 24th Missouri Infantry was organized from recruits across the state of Missouri , October 24 through December 28 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Sempronius Hamilton Boyd . In addition to its Missouri state regimental number , the regiment bore the name " The Lyon Legion " in honor of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon , killed in action on August 10 , 1861 , leading Federal troops in the battle of Battle of Wilson ' s Creek . The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade , Army of Southwest Missouri , to February 1862 . Unassigned , Army of Southwest Missouri , to July 1862 . District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of the Missouri , to October 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Southeast Missouri , Department of the Missouri , to February 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Southeast Missouri , to March 1863 . District of Southeast Missouri to June 1863 . District of Columbus , Kentucky , 6th Division , XVI Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to January 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XVI Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to March 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XVI Corps , Department of the Gulf , to June , and Department of the Tennessee to October 1864 . Company E served detached from May 1862 . Attached to 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Mississippi , May 1862 to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 7th Division , Left Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 7th Division , 16th Army Corps , to January 1863 , 2nd Brigade , 7th Division , XVII Corps , to September 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XVII Corps , to December 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XV Corps , to October 1864 . Companies F and K were detached and on duty in District of Southeast Missouri to July 1863 . Reserve Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division , Army of Southeast Missouri , to August 1863 . Unattached , Cavalry Division , Arkansas Expedition , to January 1864 . Unattached , 1st Division , VII Corps , Army of Arkansas , to February 1864 . The regiment was mustered out by companies October 1864 through February 1 , 1865 . Detailed service . Joined Curtis at Rolla , Mo . , January 1862 . Curtis ' Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas against Price , January to March 1862 . Advance on Springfield , Mo . , February 2 – 11 . Pursuit of Price into Arkansas February 14 – 29 . Battles of Pea Ridge , Ark . , March 6 – 8 . March to Batesville April 5 - May 13 , then marched to Helena , Ark . , May 25 - July 14 . Duty at Helena until October . Moved to Sulphur Springs , Mo . , October 5 – 11 . Pittman ' s Ferry , Ark . , October 27 ( 3 companies ) . Moved to Pilot Knob , Mo . , October 28 – 30 . March to Patterson November 2 – 4 , to Reeve ' s Station December 9 – 10 . Return to Patterson December 18 . Moved to Van Buren December 21 – 24 , and toward Doniphan January 9 – 10 , 1863 . To Alton January 14 – 18 , and to West Plains and Salem , Ark . , January 28 - February 2 . To Pilot Knob and Ironton February 2 – 27 . Moved to St . Genevieve and to Cape Girardeau March 8 – 12 . Operations against Marmaduke April 17 - May 2 ( Company G ) . Mill Creek Bridge April 24 ( detachment ) . Duty in southeast Missouri until June . Richfield , Clay County , May 19 ( detachment ) . Ordered to New Madrid , Mo . , June , and duty in District of Columbus , Ky . , until January 1864 . New Madrid , Mo . , August 7 , 1863 ( 1 company ) . Expedition from Union City , Tenn . , to Conyersville September 1 – 10 ( detachment ) . Conyersville September 10 , Ordered to Vicksburg , Miss . , January 1864 . Meridian Campaign February 3 - March 5 . Meridian February 14 – 15 . Marion February 15 – 17 . Canton February 28 . Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22 . Fort De Russy March 14 . Occupation of Alexandria March 16 . Henderson ' s Hill March 21 . Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9 . Cloutiersville and Cane River Crossing April 22 – 24 . At Alexandria April 27 - May 13 . Moore ' s Plantation May 5 – 7 . Bayou Boeuf May 7 . Bayou LaMourie May 12 . Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 . Mansura May 16 . Yellow Bayou May 18 – 19 . Moved to Vicksburg , Miss . ; then to Memphis , Tenn . , May 22 - June 10 . Lake Chicot , Ark . , June 6 – 7 . Smith ' s Expedition to Tupelo , Miss . , July 5 – 21 . Pontotoc July 11 . Camargo ' s Cross Roads , near Harrisburg , July 13 . Tupelo July 14 – 15 . Old Town Creek July 15 . Smith ' s Expedition to Oxford , Miss . , August 1 – 30 . Tallahatchie River August 7 – 9 . Abbeville and Oxford August 12 . Moved to Duvall ' s Bluff , Ark . . September 1 – 6 . Pursuit of Price through Arkansas and Missouri September 7 to October 6 . Mineral Point , Mo . , September 27 . ordered to St . Louis , Mo . , October 6 . A detachment of veterans and recruits at Franklin , Mo . , until November . Ordered to Paducah , Ky . , November 7 ; then moved to Nashville , Tenn . , and Columbia , Tenn . , November 22 – 26 . Temporarily attached to 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps . Columbia November 26 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battles of Nashville , Tenn . , December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Clifton , Tenn . , and Eastport , Miss . , until February 1865 . Company E participated in the battles of Iuka , Miss . , September 19 , 1862 . Corinth , Miss , October 3 – 4 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign November 1862 to January 1863 . Expedition to Yazoo Pass and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13 - April 5 , 1863 . At Milliken ' s Bend , La . . until April 25 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battles of Port Gibson May 1 , Raymond May 12 , Jackson May 14 . Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 . Garrison duty at Vicksburg until September . Movement to Helena , Ark . ; Memphis , Tenn . , and marched to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 12 - November 22 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . At Bridgeport . Ala . until January 1864 . Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until June 1864 . Moved to Kingston , Ga . , June 15 – 20 , then to Resaca July 2 , and duty there until October . Defense of Resaca October 12 . Company captured . Companies F and K participated in actions at Licking , Mo . , May 4 , 1862 . Crow ' s Station , near Licking , May 26 , 1862 . Scout in Wayne , Stoddard and Dunklin Counties , Mo . , August 20 – 27 , 1862 . Duty in District of Southeast Missouri until July 1863 . Steele ' s operations against Little Rock , Ark . , July 1 - September 10 . Capture of Little Rock September 10 and duty there until February 1864 . Rejoined the regiment at Vicksburg , Miss . , February 1864 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 264 men during service ; 3 officers and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 220 enlisted men died of disease .