20th Connecticut Volunteers

The 20th Connecticut Volunteers, under Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Wooster and serving in 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th A.C., formed on this line on the morning of July 2nd. At evening it moved to support the left of the army. On returning, it found the position and the woods in the rear occupied by Johnson's Division of Ewell's Corps. During the night it lay in the line of battle. At dawn on July 3rd, the regiment advanced under cover of artillery and fought for five hours, driving the enemy and reoccupying the works. It was relieved by the 123rd N.Y. in the afternoon and moved to support the 2nd Corps against Longstreet's assault. The regiment later went from Va. with the 12th A.C. to the Army of the Cumberland and marched with Sherman to the sea. Its Gettysburg losses in killed and wounded were 28; total killed and died of wounds, 90; died of other causes, 77; wounded, 20; disabled and discharged, 264; prisoners, 125. Its engagements included Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Tracy City, Boyds Trail, Resacca, Cassville, Peach Tree Creek, Turners Ferry, Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, Silver Run, Averysboro, and Bentonville.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States