20th Regiment Indiana Infantry
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| 20th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | July 22, 1861 to July 12, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Peninsular Campaign Battle of Second Bull Run Battle of Chantilly Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Spotsylvania Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg |
The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as "The Fighting 300," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
- The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Lafayette, Indiana on July 22, 1861.
- Peninsular Campaign
- Battle of Second Bull Run
- Battle of Chantilly
- Battle of Chancellorsville
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Battle of Spotsylvania
- Battle of Cold Harbor
- Siege of Petersburg
- The regiment mustered out of service on July 12, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment lost 15 officers and 186 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 113 enlistedmen men who died of disease, for a total of 314 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Colonels
- Colonel
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.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.
