attempted to return to the line in the darkness, at points getting so close to enemy encampments that they could hear role being called. Upon successfully returning to the line, the 20th Indiana was placed in a new line supporting the artillery of Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Artillery, where they remained until the close of the battle. The regiment was attacked often, each time successfully repulsing the attacks. Gettysburg The beating that the 20th Indiana received on July 2 on Houck’s Ridge was severe. The regiment suffered 152 casualties, of which 32 were killed outright. Capt. Gilbreath recalled that it was a “sorrowful little band” after their participation in the battle. Oliver P. Rood, a private, earned the Medal of Honor on the third day of the battle for capturing the flag of the 21st North Carolina. Total strength and casualties Upon its inception, the 20th Indiana had 1403 men. During the war, 201 men were killed in action, and 570 were wounded, 144 were captured, 25 of whom died in Confederate prisons. The regiment had a 14.3% killed to enrollment ratio. A list of officers killed in action was kept by Capt. Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath of I Company, and is as follows: 1st Lt. John W. Andrews, White Oak Swamps, June 30, 1862 Capt. James. W. Lytle, Orchards, August 19, 1862 Col. William L. Brown, 2nd bull Run, August 29, 1862 1st Lt. Ezra Robbins, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 Col. John Wheeler, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 Capt. Henry Quigley, Wilderness, May 12, 1864 Capt. L. D. Corey, Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864 Capt. John F. Thomas, Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864 1st Lt. E. C. Sutherland, Spotslyvania, May 26, 1864 1st Lt. J. C. Bartholemew, Spotslyvania, May 28, 1864 Capt. Lafayette Gordon, Spotsylvania, June 6, 1864 Capt. Charles A. Bell, Petersburg, July 9, 1864 Lt. Col. G. W. Meikel, Petersburg, September 10, 1864 Capt. William P. Thompson, Petersburg, October 7, 1864 2nd Lt. William Dickson, died in Prison of wounds, July 1864 2nd Lt. Johnathan Robart, died of wounds received at 2nd Bull Run Commanders Colonel William L. Brown (Killed on August 29, 1862, at the Second Battle of Bull Run) Colonel John Van Valkenburg (Discharged for disloyalty following Battle of Fredericksburg) Colonel John Wheeler (Killed on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg) Notable Members Oliver P. Rood, awarded Medal of Honor for actions at Gettysburg See also