CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
20th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
- Overview:
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20th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 10th Volunteers, was assembled at Smithfield and
Fort Caswell, North Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were drawn from the counties of
Brunswick, Columbus, Cabarrus, Duplin, and Sampson. After serving in North Carolina, the unit
moved to Virginia and was assigned to General Garland's, Iverson's, and R.D. Johnston's
Brigade. It participated in the various campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the
Seven Days' Battles, 11 killed and 30 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and 3 wounded at Fredericksburg. It reported 77
casualties at Chancellorsville, and of the 372
engaged at Gettysburg,
more than sixty-five percent were disabled. The unit surrendered with 4 officers and 71 men of
which only 9 were armed. Its field officers were Colonels Alfred Iverson and Thomas F. Toon;
Lieutenant Colonels John S. Brooks, Franklin J. Faison, Nelson Slough, and William H. Toon;
and Major Duncan J. Devane.
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