20th Michigan Infantry Regiment

The 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

20th Michigan Infantry Regiment
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

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.

The regiment is mentioned briefly in Chapter IX of MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Andersonville" (1955).

Total strength and casualties

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

Commanders

• Colonel Adolphus Wesley Williams
• Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon

See also

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