20th Alabama Infantry Regiment
The 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment was a Confederate volunteer infantry regiment from Alabama during the American Civil War.
History
The 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at
Carolinas Campaign, seeing action in the Battle of Wyse Fork and the Battle of Bentonville. In the final days of the war, the regiment was consolidated with the 30th Alabama Infantry Regiment to form the 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) at Smithfield, North Carolina on April 9, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel James K. Elliott of the 30th Alabama commanded the unit in Pettus' Brigade, which surrendered with the army on April 26 at Durham station.[1]
Its first commander was Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel
Edmund W. Pettus (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel), Alfred S. Pickering (Major), Mitchell T. Porter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel).[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Sifakis 1992, pp. 85–86.
Bibliography
- Sifakis, Stewart (1992). Compendium of the Confederate armies: Alabama. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2287-9.