20th Virginia Infantry Regiment

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20th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
Active	July 1861 – September 1861
Disbanded	September 1861
Country	Confederacy
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Rich Mountain
Commanders
Notable commanders	Lt. Colonel John Pegram

Maj. Thomas A. Brander, of the 20th Virginia Infantry

The 20th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.

The 20th Virginia was assembled in July, 1861, with men from Richmond and the counties of Lunenburg, Powhatan, Buckingham, Prince Edward, Halifax, and Brunswick. The college unit The "Hampden-Sydney Boys" served from that institution. Two companies were captured in the fight at Rich Mountain and in September five companies were disbanded.

An unsuccessful attempt was made to reorganize, and later the two companies were assigned to the 59th Virginia Infantry.

Lieutenant Colonels James R. Crenshaw, John Pegram, and Nathaniel Tyler were in command.

In popular culture

In the science fiction short story, Field Test by Keith Laumer, a newly designed and built Bolo Mark XX Model B is assigned to "the 20th Virginia, a regiment ancient and honorable, with a history dating back to Terra Insula".

See also

• List of Virginia Civil War units

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service.

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