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Chronology of the 20th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil WarFlag

1862

August 15 -19: 20th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment organized at Jackson, Michigan.

September 1: Left for Washington, D. C.

September 8: Marched to Leesburg, Virginia.

September 18 - 22: To Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Assignment: 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IXth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.

Positioned near the Antietam during the battle but not committed to the battle.

September 22 - October 6: Duty at Sharpsburg, Maryland.

October 6 - 14: At Pleasant Valley, Maryland.

October 8: Abraham Lincoln reviews the regiment.

October 14 - 30: At Nolen's Ford.

November 2 -15: Advance on Culpeper, Virginia.

November 16 -19: Falmouth, Virginia
 
December 12 -15: Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.


1863

January 20 - 24: "Mud March".

January 15 - February 19: At Falmouth.

February 19: Moved to Newport News, Virginia enroute to Kentucky.

March 19-23: To Kentucky.

April: Assignment: Army of the Ohio.

April 26 - May 12: Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeast Kentucky.

May 9:  Detachment from the regiment: Skirmish Alcorn's Distillery near Monticello.

May 10: Horse Shoe Bend, Kentucky.

June 3 - 14: Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

June: Assignment: 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, IXth Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee.

June 14 - July 4: Siege of Vicksburg as part of the Army of Maneuver commanded by General Sherman. Positioned northeast Vicksburg to protect General Grant and the main siege lines around Vicksburg.

July 4 -10:  Advance on Jackson, Mississippi.

July 10-17: Siege of Jackson.

July 18-22: Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station.

July 23 - August 4: Camp at Milldale.

August 4 - 30: Moved to Covington, Kentucky then to Crab Orchard, Kentucky.

August, 1863: Assignment: Army of the Ohio.

September 10 - 26: March to Knoxville, Tennessee.

October 10: Action at Blue Springs.

October11 - November 14: Duty at Lenoir Station.

November 4 - December 24: Knoxville Campaign.

November 16: Campbell's Station.

November 17  December 5: Siege of Knoxville.

November 29: Repulse of General Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders, Knoxville/

December 5 -18: Pursuit of Longstreet to Bean's Station.

    1864

January: Assignment: 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IXth Army Corps.

January 21 - 22: Strawberry Plains.

January 24 - March 2: Advance to Morristown.

March 14: Reconnaissance to Chucky River.

March 23 - 30: Moved from Knoxville to Nicholasville, Kentucky then to Annapolis, Maryland.

April: Assignment: 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IXth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.

May 4 - June 15: Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River.

May 5 - 7: Battles of the Wilderness.

 May 8 - 12: Battle of Spotsylvania.

May 10: Ny River.

May 12 - 21: Spotsylvania Court House.

May 12: Assault on the Salient.

May 23 - 26: North Anna River.

May 23 - 24: Ox Ford.

May 26 - 28: On line of the Pamunkey.

May 28 - 31: Totopotomoy.

June 1-12: Cold Harbor.

June 1-3: Bethesda Church:

June 16-18. Before Petersburg

June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865: Siege of Petersburg,

July 30: Mine Explosion & Battle of the Crater, Petersburg.

August 18-21: Weldon Railroad.

September: Assignment: 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IXth Army Corps.

September 29-October 2: Poplar Springs Church.

October 8: Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads.

October 27-28: Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run.


1865


March 25: Battle of Fort Stedman, Petersburg,

March 28-April 9: Appomattox Campaign.

April 2: Assault on and capture of Petersburg.

April 3: Occupation of Petersburg.

April 3-9: Occupation duty at Sutherland Station west of Petersburg during the pursuit of of the Army of Northern Virginia and General Lee.

April 20-24; Moved to Alexandria.

May 23. Grand Review in Washington, D.C.

May 30, 1865. Mustered out.


Casualties: Combat deaths: 13 officers and 111 enlisted. Disease: 3 officers and 175 enlisted. Total 302

Comment: More soldiers of the 20th died from disease than died in combat. When Anson Croman was not in danger from combat, he was under constant threat from the conditions of army life and the state of medical care in the mid-19th century.


Source: 
The story of the Twentieth Michigan infantry, July 15th, 1862 to May 30th, 1865. Compiled by Bryon M. Cutcheon, 1904.

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