23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment

{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | image = Flag of Virginia (1861–1865).svg | image_size = 150 | caption = Flag of Virginia, 1861 | dates = May 1861 – April 1865 | country = [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] | allegiance = {{flagicon|CSA}} [[Confederate States of America]] | branch = {{army|CSA}} | type = [[Infantry]] | role = | nickname = | battles = [[American Civil War]] *[[Battle of Cheat Mountain]] *[[Jackson's Valley Campaign]] *[[Seven Days' Battles]] *[[Second Battle of Bull Run]] *[[Battle of Antietam]] *[[Battle of Fredericksburg]] *[[Battle of Chancellorsville]] *[[Battle of Gettysburg]] *[[Battle of Cold Harbor]] *[[Valley Campaigns of 1864]] *[[Appomattox Campaign]] | disbanded = April 1865 | notable_commanders = Colonel [[William B. Taliaferro]] }}

[[File:Corporal C. Dorma Clarke of Co. F, 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with bayoneted musket and Bowie knife LCCN2016652806.jpg|thumb|right|Corporal C. Dorma Clarke of Co. F, 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment]]

The '''23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] raised in [[Virginia]] for service in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. It fought mostly with the [[Army of Northern Virginia]].

The 23rd Virginia completed its organization in May, 1861. Its members were recruited at Richmond and in the counties of Louisa, Amelia, Halifax, Goochland, Prince Edward, and Charlotte.

This regiment participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, saw action at Greenbrier River, and took part in Jackson's Valley operations. Later it was assigned to Taliaferro's, Colston's, Steuart's, and W. Terry's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit was involved in the campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and ended the war at Appomattox.

It reported 28 casualties at Carrick's Ford, 4 at Laurel Hill, 49 at First Kernstown, and 41 at McDowell. During May, 1862, it contained 600 effectives, lost 5 killed and 27 wounded at Cedar Mountain, had 1 killed and 13 wounded at Second Manassas, and reported 10 killed, 70 wounded, and 2 missing at Chancellorsville. Of the 251 engaged at Gettysburg, seven percent were disabled. It surrendered with 8 officers and 49 men.

The field officers were Colonels Alexander G. Taliaferro and [[William B. Taliaferro]]; Lieutenant Colonels Clayton G. Coleman, Jr., James H. Crenshaw, George W. Curtis, John P. Fitzgerald, and Simeon T. Walton; and Majors J.D. Camden, Joseph H. Pendleton, Andrew J. Richardson, and Andrew V. Scott.

[[File:Corporal Edward Lindsey Clarke of Co. F, 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with revolver and dagger LCCN2016652805.jpg|thumb|left|Corporal Edward Lindsey Clarke of Co. F, 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment]]

==See also== {{portal|American Civil War}} *[[List of Virginia Civil War units]]

==References== <references /> *{{USGovernment|url=http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm|title=Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System|agency=National Park Service}}

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