20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 20th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= August 23, 1862 to July 14, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=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.
ervice
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.
Casualties
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. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf1.htm#20th]
Colonels
ee also
*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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