Men from the 24th Who Served in Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery

It is somewhat difficult to ascertain exactly who served with Battery B. Most Battery B scholars, notably Silas Felton base their volunteer roster on the official descriptive lists and rosters of the battery in the National Archives. The Cannoneer also includes the names of volunteers who served with the battery. As far as the 24th Michigan is concerned, it is possible to compile a list of the long-term volunteers by carefully combing Curtis's lists. These three sources are in general agreement.

There are a number of 24th soldiers who served in the Battery for shorter periods of time, however. Going by Buell and Battery B returns, it appears that the first 24th volunteers joined the battery after Fredericksburg. It seems that the majority of the long-term volunteers joined the battery at this time.

Curtis mentions that the first call for volunteers came just after the Regiment joined the Iron Brigade in October 1862. This makes some sense, as Battery B was much depleted in the aftermath of Antietam. It appears that most of these initial volunteers returned to duty with the regiment after only a short period. It is very difficult to identify these October volunteers. The individual service records seem to be the only means.

In the aftermath of Gettysburg, the battery must have again called for short-term volunteers. A recently discovered document from August or September 1863 indicates that a number of men not otherwise known to have served with the battery were detailed as caisson drivers, etc. As time allows men from this new document will be added to the list below.