Country Confederacy Disbanded September 1861 | Role Infantry | |
Active July 1861 – September 1861 Allegiance Confederate States of America Engagements American Civil War:Battle of Rich Mountain | ||
The 20th Virginia Volunteer 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. 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".