 He said that ideally it should be a Western regiment since the others were from that part of the country.Gibbon's request granted, the 24th Michigan joined the brigade and saw its first action at Fredericksburg taking on a nuisance battery of Confederate horse artillery south of the town.The 24th saw no major action during the Chancellorsville campaign, but at Gettysburg it "Went into action with 496 officers and men.