20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
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The 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, also known as the "Harvard Regiment", was a regiment of infantry in the American Civil War. The regiment was so nicknamed because the officers of the 20th were young Harvard graduates.[1] In addition, some, but not all, of the private soldiers had attended Harvard. The 20th was organized at Camp Meigs in Readville, August 29 to September 4, 1861. After training they left Massachusetts for Washington, D. C., September 4. They would fight until the war's conclusion being mustered out on July 16 and discharged July 28, 1865.[2] Fogel et al's Union Army Data urban sample suggests perhaps as many as two-thirds of the regiment's enlisted were immigrants with Irish immigrants making up half of the regiment's total.[3]
20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry | |
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Active | August 29, 1861 ā July 28, 1865 |
Country | United States of America |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | 1,978 |
Part of | In 1863: 3rd Brigade (Hall's), 2nd Division (Gibbon's), II Corps, Army of the Potomac |
Nickname(s) | "The Harvard Regiment" |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Col. Paul J. Revere Col. William R. Lee Lt. Henry L. Abbott |
Insignia | |
II Corps (2nd Division) badge |