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20th Texas Infantry Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	20th Texas Infantry Regiment
image	20th Texas.jpg
image_size	200
country	Confederate States of America
allegiance	Texas
nickname	Elmore's Regiment
branch
role	Infantry
notable_commanders	Colonel Henry M. Elmore
battles	American Civil War

Battle of Galveston The 20th Texas Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 20th Texas Infantry was composed mainly of middle-aged men and commanded by Colonel Henry M. Elmore. It was part of the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, also known as the Third Corps under General John B. Magruder. Their main purpose was to guard the Sabine River and to protect the city of Galveston, Texas. They saw little action until the Battle of Galveston in January 1863, in which they served with distinction, for which their action were commended by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

On May 26, 1865, at New Orleans, the 20th Texas Infantry was surrendered to Federal forces as part of General Edmund Kirby Smith's Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department, with Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner acting in Smiths name.

Commanders

Colonel Henry M. Elmore
Lieutenant Colonel Leonard A. Abercrombie
Major Robert E. Bell

Notes

References

"Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)".
Cutrer, Thomas W.. (1952). "Leonard Anderson Abercrombie: Confederate Officer and Texas Legislator". [[Texas State Historical Association]].
Gaskamp, Katherine. "Leonard Anderson Abercrombie". [[Sam Houston State University]].

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