20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a distinguished Union Army unit in the American Civil War, noted for its heavy combat service and association with several prominent Harvard-educated officers.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military unit
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Union Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedInstitution | Harvard College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | one of the highest of any Union regiment ⓘ |
| category | Massachusetts Civil War regiments ⓘ |
| commander |
Colonel Francis Winthrop Palfrey
NERFINISHED
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Colonel Paul Joseph Revere NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonel William Raymond Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| engagement |
Appomattox Campaign
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Seven Pines NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Spotsylvania Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ First Battle of Ball's Bluff NERFINISHED ⓘ Overland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonOrHeadquarters | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | English ⓘ |
| musteredIntoServiceOn | August 29, 1861 ⓘ |
| musteredOutOfServiceOn | July 16, 1865 ⓘ |
| nickname | Harvard Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Harvard-educated officers
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heavy combat service ⓘ high casualty rate ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Francis Winthrop Palfrey
NERFINISHED
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Henry Livermore Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Joseph Revere NERFINISHED ⓘ William Raymond Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedAt | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedIn | 1861 ⓘ |
| partOf | Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedFrom | 1861 ⓘ |
| servedUntil | 1865 ⓘ |
| size | regiment ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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