20th Michigan Infantry Regiment
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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment
| image=Flag of Michigan.svg
| image_size = 100
|caption=Michigan state flag
|dates= August 15, 1862, to May 30, 1865
|country= United States
|allegiance= Union
|branch= Infantry
|equipment=
|battles= Battle of Fredericksburg
Siege of Vicksburg
Siege of Knoxville
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of the Crater
Appomattox Campaign
}}
The 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 20th Michigan Infantry was organized at Jackson, Michigan, between August 15 and August 19, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out of service on May 30, 1865.
The regiment is mentioned briefly in Chapter IX of MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Andersonville" (1955).
Total strength and casualties
The regiment lost 13 officers and 111 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded, and a further 3 officers and 175 enlisted men who died of disease, a total of 302
Commanders
- Colonel Adolphus Wesley Williams
- Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon
See also
References
External links
- {{Internet Archive|35838394.3262.emory.edu|The story of the Twentieth Michigan Infantry, July 15th, 1862, to May 30th, 1865: embracing official documents on file in the records of the state of Michigan and of the United States referring or relative to the regiment (1904)}}
- [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
- http://www.bookemon.com/read-book/58241 Addison Smith Boyce Civil War Journal
Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan
Category:1865 disestablishments in Michigan
Category:1862 establishments in Michigan
Category:Military units and formations established in 1862
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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