United States Regiments & Batteries > Michigan > 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment lost 13 officers and 111 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 175 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| August 15-19 | The 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Michigan |
| September 1 | Left Michigan for Washington, D.C. |
| September 18-22 | Marched to Leesburg, Va. and to Sharpsburg, Maryland, arriving after the Battle of Antietam. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
| September 22 – October 6 | Duty at Sharpsburg, Maryland |
| October 7 – 14 | At Pleasant Valley, Maryland |
| October 15 – 30 | At Nolen’s Ford |
| November 2-15 | Advance on Culpeper |
| November 16-19 | Marched to Falmouth, Virginia. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 |
“Mud March” |
| January 25 – February 19 | At Falmouth |
| February 19 | Moved to Newport News, Virginia. |
| March 19-23 | Transferred to Kentucky and the Western Theater. |
| April, 1863 | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| April – June | Duty at various points in Kentucky |
| April 26-May 12 | Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeast Kentucky |
| May 9 |
Skirmish ar Alcorn’s Distillery near Monticello (Detachment) |
| May 10 | Horse Shoe Bend, Ky. |
| June 3-14 | Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
| June 14-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg |
| July 4-10 | Advance on Jacksoon, Miss. |
| July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson |
| July 18-22 | Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station |
| July 23 – August 4 | Camp at Milldale, attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| August 4-30 | Moved to Covington, Kentucky, then to Crab Orchard, Kentucky. |
| September 10-26 | March to Knoxville, Tennessee. |
| October 10 |
Action at Blue Springs |
| October 11 – November 14 | Duty at Lenoir Station |
| November 4-December 24 |
Knoxville Campaign |
| November 16 |
Campbell’s Station |
| November 17-December 5 |
Siege of Knoxville |
| November 29 |
Repulse of Longstreet’s assault on Fort Saunders |
| December 5-18 | Pursuit of Longstreet to Bean’s Station |
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1864
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| January | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| January 21-22 |
Strawberry Plains |
| January 24-March 2 | Advance to Morristown |
| March 14 | Reconnaissance to Chucky River |
| March 23-30 | Moved from Knoxville to Nicholasville, Ky. then to Annapolis, Md. |
| April | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 10 |
Ny River |
| May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 23-24 |
Ox Ford |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12. |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
| June 16-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
| September | Attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
| October 8 | Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads |
| October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| March 25 |
Fort Stedman |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3 | Occupation of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 20-24 | Moved to Alexandria |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| May 30 | The 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment mustered out |