20th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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20th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Michigan state flag
Active	August 15, 1862 to May 30, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	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 Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 13 officers and 111 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 175 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 302 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel

[edit] See also

• List of Michigan Civil War Units
• Michigan in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#20th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive