20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Country:United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Infantry
Size:Regiment
Battles:American Civil War
Commander1:Bertine Pinckney
Commander1 Label:Colonel
Commander2:Henry Bertram
Commander2 Label:Colonel
Commander3:Henry A. Starr
Commander3 Label:Lt. Col.

The 20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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

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