CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
20th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
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20th Infantry Regiment [often times called the Lovell Regiment] was assembled and
mustered into Confederate service at Camp Lewis, Louisiana, in February, 1862. Some of the
men were recruited in Orleans Parish. The unit participated in the conflicts at Shiloh and Farmington, shared in the
Kentucky Campaign, then was assigned to D.W. Adams' and Gibson's Brigade, Army of
Tennessee. It was consolidated with the 13th Louisiana Regiment from December, 1862, to
April, 1864. The unit fought with the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, served with Hood in Tennessee,
and ended the war defending Mobile. At Shiloh this regiment took 507 men into action, but only
289 moved to Farmington. The 13th/20th reported 20 killed, 89 wounded, and 78 missing at
Murfreesboro, lost forty-three percent of the 289 engaged at Chickamauga, and totalled 191 men and 71
arms in December, 1863. The 20th had 59 effectives in November, 1864 and surrendered with
the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels
Augustus Reichard and Leon Von Zinken, and Lieutenant Colonels S.L. Bishop, Samuel Boyd,
and Charles Guillet.
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