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American Civil War
TWENTIETH REGIMENT INFANTRY
July 24th, it again reached Hayne's Bluff. In this campaign of twenty days the heat was terrible, and many fainted on the march. During its stay in Mississippi, the 20th lost by deaths from disease eighteen men and two officers, Lieutenants J. B. Leeland and W. H. Paine, and at times almost half the regiment were sick. Embarking August 3d, the regiment proceeded to Kentucky, and on. the 10th of September participated in the movement on Knoxville, Tennessee, marching via Cumberland Gap. October 10th, the regiment took part in the engagement at Blue Springs with a loss of one killed and two wounded.
Michigan Infantry
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