24th Tennessee Infantry Battalion Sharpshooters

Organization: May 1st, 1863, by the addition of two companies to Maney's Tennessee Sharpshooter Company. Field consolidation with the Fourth Infantry Regiment, Provisional Army, from Spring 1864 until April 9th, 1865. Consolidated with the 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 24th, and 28th Consolidated Infantry Regiments as well as the 4th Provisional Army as the 1st Infatnry Regiment, Consolidated, on April 9, 1865 at Southfield, North Carolina.


First Commander: Major Frank Maney


Assignments:
Maney's Brigade	Cheatham's Division	1st Corps	Army of the Tennessee 		
	(May - November 1863)
Maney's Brigade	Walker's Division	1st Corps	Army of the Tennessee		
	(November 1863 - February 1864)
Maney-Carter's Brigade	Cheatham-Brown's Div.	1st Corps	Army of the Tennessee		
	(February 1864 - April 1865)


Battles:
Tullahoma Campaign		June 1863
Chickamauga			September 19-20, 1863
Chattanooga Siege		Sept. - Nov. 1863
Chattanooga			November 23-25, 1863
Atlanta Campaign		May - Sept 1864
Resca				May 14-15, 1864
New Hope Church	       May 25-June 4, 1864
Kennesaw Mnt			June 27, 1864
Peach Tree Creek		July 20, 1864
Atlanta			July 22, 1864
Atlanta Campaign		July Sept 1864
Jonesboro			Aug. 31 - Sept. 1, 1864
Franklin			November 30, 1864
Nashville			December 15-16, 1864
Carolinas Campaign		February - April 1865


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