| 20th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | August 23, 1862 to July 14, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Prairie Grove Siege of Vicksburg Capture of Fort Morgan |
The 20th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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The 20th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service August 23, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 14, 1865 at Galveston, Texas.
The 20th Wisconsin suffered 5 officers and 100 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 145 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 251 fatalities.[1]
Nominal commander of the Twentieth Wisconsin was Major Henry A. Starr, a moderately successful printer from Milwaukee, blessed with courage and common sense. *(Fields of Blood by Wm. L Shea)