Alabama 20th Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES: The 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, with recruits from Bibb, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Russell, Tuscaloosa, and Washington counties, on 16 September 1861.
At the close of the war, the 20th was consolidated with the 30th Infantry Regiment at Smithfield, 9 April 1865. It was surrendered at Salisbury, about 165 rank and file of the original 1100 men with which the 20th took the field.
OFFICERS:
Cols. Robert T. Jones (Perry; transferred); Isham Warren Garrott (Perry; promoted; KIA, Vicksburg); Edmund Winston Pettus (Dallas; promoted); James M. Dedman (Dallas; wounded, Franklin); Lt. Cols. Isham Warren Garrott (promoted); Edmund Winston Pettus (captured, Port Gibson, and escaped; promoted); James M. Dedman (promoted); Mitchell Thomas Porter (Jefferson; resigned, 23 Sept 1864); John W. Davis (Shelby; wounded, Rocky Face Ridge, Marietta); Majors Edmund Winston Pettus (promoted); Alfred S. Pickering (Perry; KIA, Port Gibson); James M. Dedman (promoted); Mitchell Thomas Porter (promoted); John W. Davis (wounded, Marietta; promoted); John G. Harris (Greene); and Adjutants John S. Smith (Dallas; promoted to brigade adjutant); Francis M. Vance (Dallas)
ASSIGNMENTS:
Oct 61-Jan 62 - District of Alabama, Department of Alabama and West Florida
Jan-Feb 62 - Army of le, Department of Alabama and West Florida
May-Jun 62 - Bartonӳ Brigade, Department of East Tennessee
Jun-Oct 62 - Reynoldӳ Brigade, Stevensonӳ Division, Department of East Tennessee
Oct-Dec 62 - Tracyӳ Brigade, McCownӳ Division, Department of East Tennessee
Dec 62- Jan 63 - Tracyӳ BDE, 2d Military District, Dept of Mississippi and East Louisana
Jan-Jul 63 - Tracyӳ BDE, Stevensonӳ Division, Dept of Mississippi and East Louisana
Nov 63 - Feb 64 - PettusҠBDE, Stevensonӳ Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee
Feb 64- Apr 65 - PettusҠBDE, Stevensonӳ Division, 2d Corps, Army of Tennessee

BATTLES:

18 June 1862 - Cumberland Gap
27-29 December 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
2-25 April 1863 - Greenville Expedition (detachment)
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
1 May 1863 - Port Gibson
16 May 1863 - Champion Hill
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Siege
September - November 1863 - Chattanooga Siege
23-25 November 1863 - Chattanooga
May - September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
5-11 May 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
25 May - 4 June 1864 - New Hope Church
27 June 1864 - Kennesaw mountain
22 July 1864 - Atlanta
July - September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
31 August - 1 September 1864 - Jonesboro
February - April 1865 - Carolinas Campaign
7-10 March 1865 - Kinston
19-21 March 1865 - Bentonville

9 April 1865- Regiment surrendered at Salisbury, about 165 rank and file of the original 1100 men with which the 20th took the field. At the close of the war, the 20th was consolidated with the 30th Infantry Regiment at Smithfield.
ROSTERS:
The roster of this regiment contains the names of 2288 men.

׉Co. "A" (Perry County): Alfred S. Pickering (promoted); Leroy E. Davis
׉Co. "B" (Dallas and Bibb counties): James M. Dedman (wounded, Vicksburg; promoted); Thomas K. Ferguson
׉Co. "C" (Jefferson County): Mitchell Thomas Porter (promoted); George W. Ayres (KIA, Jonesboro); Andrew J. Tarrant
׉Co. "D" (Bibb County): Richard Hobson Pratt (captured, Port Gibson, and never exchanged); Lt. William F. Lowrey (transferred to Co. "H")
׉Co. "E" (Greene County): Robert E. Watkins (resigned, 2 Aug 62); John McKee Gould (detailed to Gen'l Pettus' staff); 1st Lt. James T. Smith
׉Co. "F" (Perry and Bibb counties): Lucius J. Lockett (resigned, 2 Aug 62) William H. Sheppard (resigned, 23 Dec 62); Chapman A. Spencer; Isaac W. Parish
׉Co. "G" (Shelby, Bibb, and Jefferson counties): John W. Davis (promoted); Rufus Monroe De Shazo (resigned, 29 April 1864); George S. Nave (wounded, Marietta; resigned, 18 Dec 64)
׉Co. "H" (Perry and Bibb counties): John P. Peterson (resigned, 18 Nov 61); Samuel W. Davidson
׉Co. "I" (Greene County): John G. Harris (promoted); Albert M. Avery (retired, 2 Nov 64); Noah H. Gewin
׉Co. "K" (Tuscaloosa County): Joseph C. Guild (resigned, 2 Aug 62); Benjamin D. Massingale
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Rigdon, John C. A Guide to Alabama Civil War Research, Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.