CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
20th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
- Overview:
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20th Infantry Regiment was formed at Columbus, Georgia, in May, 1861, and soon moved
to Virginia where it was assigned to the Potomac District. The men were from the counties of
Muscogee, Jefferson, Cook, Harris, Wilkinson, Telfair, and Crawford. It served in General
Early's, Toombs', and Benning's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. In April, 1862, it had 560
effectives and fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor except when it was with
Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga, and Knoxville. The unit
endured the hardships fo the Petersburg trenches south and north of the
James River and later saw action around Appomattox. It sustained 76 casualties
during the Seven Days' Battles and 152 at Second Manassas. Of the 350 engaged at
Gettysburg, more than thirty-five
percent were disabled. The regiment lost 95 men from April 14 to May 6 and 54 from August 1 to
December 31, 1864. It surrendered 18 officers and 191 men. The field officers were Colonels
John B. Cumming, John A. Jones, William D. Smith, and James D. Waddell; Lieutenant Colonel
Eli M. Seago; and Majors John A. Coffee, William Graig, Roger L. Gamble, and Albert B. Ross.
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