| 20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | August 23, 1862 –July 14, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
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| Commanders | |
| Colonel | Bertine Pinckney |
| Colonel | Henry Bertram |
| Lt. Col. | Henry A. Starr |
| Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] [2]
The 20th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service August 23, 1862. [2] [3]
The regiment was mustered out on July 14, 1865, at Galveston, Texas. [2] [3]
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] [2] [3]
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