20th Alabama Infantry
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- September 16, 1861 - Organized at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- June 18, 1862 - Cumberland Gap
- December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
- April 2-25, 1862 - The Greenville Expedition (detachment)
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Regiment surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled there later in the month
- September-November 1863 - Chattanooga Siege
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin (not engaged)
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- March 7-10, 1865 - Kinston
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with 30th Alabama Infantry and designated the 20th (Consolidated) Alabama Infantry at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Alabama and West Florida / District of Alabama (October 1861-January 1862)
- Department of Alabama and West Florida / Army of Mobile (January-February 1862)
- Department of East Tennessee / Barton's Brigade (May-June 1862)
- Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's Brigade (June-October 1862)
- Department of East Tennessee / McCown's Division / Tracey's Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Tracey's Brigade (December-January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Tracey's Brigade (January-July 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Stevenson's Division / Pettus' Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stevenson's Division / Pettus' Brigade (February 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Isham W. Garrott (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- John W. Davis (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- James M. Dedman (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- John G. Harris (Major)
- Edmund W. Pettus (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Alfred S. Pickering (Major)
- Mitchell T. Porter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 85-86)
- Williams, Hattie Eunice. A Brief History of Company C, Twentieth Alabama Regiment of the War Between the States.
