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20th Maine Infantry Regiment
Flag of the 20th Maine
ActiveAugust 29, 1862 – July 16, 1865
Country20th Maine Infantry Regiment United States
AllegianceUnion/Federal/North
BranchInfantry
TypeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War (1861–1865)
  • Antietam (1862)
  • Fredericksburg (1862)
  • Chancellorsville (1863)
  • Gettysburg (1863)
  • Spotsylvania Court House (1864)
  • Petersburg (1864–1865)
  • Five Forks (1865)
  • Appomattox (1865)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
  • BG. Adelbert Ames
  • BG. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
  • LTC. Ellis Spear
1889 reunion veterans of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, the officer who commanded them in battle, is seated at center right, bracketed by the Maltese Cross banner of the V Corps (5th) and the unit's regimental flag. Left is a monument to the unit recently erected by its veterans.

The 20th Maine Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment of the United States Army (Union Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1–3, 1863. The 133rd Engineer Battalion of the Maine Army National Guard and the United States Army today carries on the lineage and traditions of the 20th Maine.

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