20th Louisiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the Lovell Infantry Regiment

• January 3, 1862 - Organized by the increase of (Reichard's) 6th Louisiana Infantry Battalion to a regiment at Camp Lewis, New Orleans
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• April 29, 1862 - Monterey
• May 9, 1862 - Farmington
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• November 30, 1862 - Consolidated with the 13th Louisiana Infantry and re-designated as the 13th/20th (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry
• February 3, 1865 - Consolidated regiment broken up at Mobile, Alabama and regiment reformed
• February-April 1865 - Field consolidation with the 16th Louisiana Infantry and the 1st Louisiana (Regular) Infantry
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• March 27-April 8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
• April 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:
  • 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion
  • 19th Louisiana Infantry
  • 25th Louisiana Infantry
  • Re-designated as the (Pelican) (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Company H

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #1 (February 1861-February 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / 1st Corps / Anderson's Brigade (March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Anderson's Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Cheatham's/Ruggles' Division / Ruggles' Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Mouton's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Jones' Division / Mouton's/Reichard's Brigade (July-August 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Jones'/Anderson's Division / Mouton's/Reichard's/D.W. Adams' Brigade (August-November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Division / D.W. Adams' Brigade (November-December 1862)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Gibson's Brigade (February-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Augustus Reichard (Colonel)
• Samuel L. Bishop (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Samuel Boyd (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles G. Guillet (Major)
• Leon Von Zinken (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 106-107, 127)