The 20th Independent Battery, New York Volunteer Artillery was an

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regiment based in New York. It was mustered into the service of the United States for three years from September until December 1862; on 31 July 1865, it was discharged. From January 1863 it served at

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under Captain B Franklin Ryer; from July 1864 it served at

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. In total, six enlisted men were lost by death from disease and other causes. One section of the Battery took part in quelling the New York Draft Riots.

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