Georgia 20th Infantry Regiment

 


HISTORICAL NOTES:

    Crute states that the regiment was formed from Muscogee, Jefferson, Cook, Harris, Wilkinson, Telfair, and Crawford counties. It served in Early's, Toombs, and Benning's Brigades. It had 560 effectives at the Seven Days Battles (probably that many again were sick or on furlough) and surrendered 18 officers and 191 men at Appomattox.

    History and Roster (partial)

FIELD OFFICERS:

    John B. Cumming
    John A Jones
    William D. Smith
    James D. Waddell
    Lieut. Col. Eli M. Seago
    Major John A. Coffee
    Major William Graig
    Major Roger L. Gamble
    Major Albert B. Ross

BATTLES:

    Yorktown (Apr. 1862)
    Seven Days Battles (25 Jun - 1 Jul 1862)
    Garnetts & Goldings Farm (27-28 Jun 1862)
    Malvern Hill (1 Jul 1862)
    Thoroughfare Gap (28 Aug 1862)
    2nd Bull Run (2nd Mannassas) (28-30 Aug 1862)
    Sharpsburg (Antietam) (17 Sep 1862)
    Fredericksburg (13 Dec 1862)
    Suffolk Campaign (Apr. - May 1863)
    Gettysburg (1 - 3 Jul. 1863)
    Chickamauga (19 - 20 Sep. 1863)
    Chattanooga Siege (Sep. - Nov. 1863)
    Knoxville Siege (Nov. - Dec. 1863)
    The Wilderness (5 - 6 May 1864)
    Spotsylvania Court House (8 - 21 May 1864)
    North Anna (23 - 26 May 1864)
    Cold Harbor (1 - 3 Jun. 1864)
    Petersburg Siege (Jun. 1864 - Apr. 1865)
    Chaffins Farm (29 Sep. 1864)
    Fort Harrison (29 - 30 Sep. 1864)
    Fort Gilmer (29 - 30 Sep. 1864)
    Williamsburg Road (27 Oct. 1864)
    Appomattox (9 Apr. 1865)

ROSTERS:

    Rosters of this regiment may be found in Roster of The Confederate Soldiers of Georgia

    Company A: Albert B. Ross, Willis W. Breazeal, James B. Morris, Sparks Guards, men from Bibb County
    Company B: John A. Strother, Border Rangers/Muscogee Mounted Guards, men from Muscogee County.
    Company C: Roger L. Gamble, Jefferson Guards, men from Jefferson County.
    Company D: James D. Waddell, Sheppard W. Blance, William C. Spence men from Polk County.
    Company E: Lucius C. Norwood, R. D. Little, Whitesville Guards, men from Harris County
    Company F: Eli M. Seago, William, Confederate Continentals/Confederate Sentinels, Fulton County.
    Company G: Alexander C. Morton, John R. Ivey, Wiley N. Hutchins, Theophilus S. Fontaine, Muscogee County.
    Company H: Henry J. Smith, John A. Coffee, Julius Warren Boyd, Telfair Volunteers, men from Telfair County.
    Company I: Van A. Leonard, C. H. Miner, Francis M. Brooks Jr., Southern Guards, men from Muscogee County.
    Company K: Jesse F. Cleveland, William Craig, Montgomery Guards, men from Richmond County.

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