CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
20th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
- Overview:
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20th Infantry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1861 with men from
Bolivar, Monroe, Noxubee, Adams, Scott, Carroll, and Newton counties. The unit moved to
Virginia, then Tennessee where in February, 1862, it was captured at Fort Donelson. In this engagement it lost
19 killed of the 31 officers and 469 men present. The regiment was exchanged and assigned to
Tilghman's and J.Adams' Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. For a time it
served in the Vicksburg area, then transferred to the Army of Tennessee. Placed in J.Adams' and
Lowry's Brigade, the 20th was involved in the Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns and ended the
war in North Carolina. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were
Colonels William N. Brown and D.R. Russell; Lieutenant Colonels D.H. Maury, Horace H.
Miller, and Walter A. Rorer; and Majors William M. Chatfield, Thomas B. Graham, and C.K.
Massey.
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