20th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

 * The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Lafayette, Indiana on July 22, 1861.
 * Peninsular Campaign
 * Battle of Second Bull Run
 * Battle of Chantilly
 * Battle of Chancellorsville
 * Battle of Gettysburg
 * Battle of Spotsylvania
 * Battle of Cold Harbor
 * Siege of Petersburg
 * The regiment mustered out of service on July 12, 1865.

Total strength and casualties
The regiment lost 15 officers and 186 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 113 enlisted men men who died of disease, for a total of 314 fatalities.

Colonels

 * Colonel William L. Brown (killed at Second Bull Run)
 * Colonel John Wheeler (killed at Gettysburg)