Overview: 20th Infantry Regiment was organized during May and June, 1861,
at Camp Trousdale, Tennessee, and in July contained 880 men. Its companies were
raised in the counties of Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Sumner, Perry, Wayne,
Humphreys, Hickman, Smith, Macon, and Wilson. It moved to Virginia, then
Cumberland Gap, and later saw action at Fishing Creek, Shiloh, and Baton Rouge.
After serving in the Vicksburg area, it was assigned to General Preston's,
Bate's, Tyler's, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 20th fought with
the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and was
involved in the North Carolina Campaign. It had 505 effectives in September,
1861, suffered 110 casualties at Fishing Creek, and of the 400 engaged at
Shiloh, forty-seven percent were disabled. The unit lost forty-eight percent of
the 183 at Chickamauga, had few casualties at Missionary Ridge, and in December
1863, totalled 203 men and 123 arms. Only a handful surrendered on April 26, 1865.
The field officers were Colonels Joel A. Battle, William M. Shy, and Thomas B.
Smith; Lieutenant Colonels Mosco B. Carter, John S. Gooch, and Frank M.
Lavender; and Majors Frederick Claybrooke, Patrick Duffy, John F. Guthrie, and
Hency C. Lucas.
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