20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
Active	August 23, 1862 – July 14, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Fort Morgan
Commanders
Colonel	Bertine Pinckney
Colonel	Henry Bertram
Major	Henry A. Starr

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

Service[]

The 20th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service August 23, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 14, 1865, at Galveston, Texas.

Casualties[]

The 20th Wisconsin suffered 5 officers and 100 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 145 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 251 fatalities.[1]

Commanders[]

• Colonel Bertine Pinckney – was assigned to brigade command shortly after arriving in theater, suffered a stroke and resigned in late 1862. Before becoming colonel of the 20th Wisconsin Infantry, he was major and lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he served in the Kansas House of Representatives.
• Colonel Henry Bertram – was lieutenant colonel when the regiment was raised, was acting commander of the regiment when Colonel Pinckney served as brigade commander. Was promoted to colonel after Pinckney's resignation, remained the nominal commander of the regiment for the rest of the war, but also served as brigade commander for much of that time. Before joining the 20th Wisconsin Infantry, he was a 1st lieutenant and captain of Co. A, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. After the war, he received an honorary brevet to brigadier general.
• Major Henry A. Starr – served as acting commander of the regiment when Colonel Bertram was in command of the brigade.

See also[]

• List of Wisconsin Civil War units
• Wisconsin in the American Civil War

References[]

• The Civil War Archive

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