Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
The 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was formed in Richmond in July of 1861 and was surrendered at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865.
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1861
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| July 1 |
Organized at Camp Lee, Richmond, Virginia for one year’s service under the command of Colonel William B. Taliaferro. Assigned to Taliaferro’s Brigade, Army of the Northwest. Company A – “Louisa rifles” – Louisa County |
| July 7 |
Laurel HillThe regiment lost 2 men killed and 2 wounded |
| July 13 |
Battle of Corrick’s FordThe regiment lost 13 men killed and 15 wounded wounded. |
| September 12 |
Battle of Cheat Mountain |
| October 3 | Greenbriar River |
| November | Assigned to Taliaferro’s Brigade, Jackson’s Division, Army of the Northwest |
| December 13 | Camp Alleghany |
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1862
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| March 23 |
Battle of KernstownCaptain Simeon Taylor of Company K was wounded. The regiment lost 49 casualties. |
| April 21 | Reorganized for the duration of the war. Captain Taylor was elected lieutenant colonel. |
| May 8 |
Battle of McDowellThe regiment lost 6 men killed and 35 wounded. |
| May | Assigned to Taliaferro’s Brigade, Jackson’s Division, Army of the Valley District |
| May-June |
Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| May 25 |
Battle of Winchester |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days Battles |
| June 27 |
Battle of Gaines’s Mill |
| July 1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill |
| August 9 |
Battle of Cedar MountainThe regiment lost 5 men killed and 27 wounded. |
| August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)The regiment lost 1 men killed and 13 wounded. |
| September 12-15 |
Siege of Harpers Ferry |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The regiment was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Simeon T. Walton until he was wounded. It brought about 120 men to field and lost 8 men killed and 21 wounded and 13 captured. |
| September 14-19 | Lafayette Guild, Medical Director of the Army of Northern Virginia, reported 8 men killed and 35 wounded from the regiment in the five days from the Battle of Boonsboro (South Mountain), through Sharpsburg (Antietam), and up to Shepherdstown Ford. |
| December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| May 1-4 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe regiment lost 10 men killed and 70 wounded and 2 captured. |
| June 14-15 |
Second Battle of Winchester |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Simeon T. Walton, the regiment brought 251 men to the field. It lost 3 men killed, 15 wounded, and 18 missing or captured. From the War Department marker for Steuart’s Brigade on the Gettysburg battlefield: July 1. Arrived about nightfall and took position near Hanover Road about a mile east of Rock Creek with left wing at edge of woods. July 2. Crossing Rock Creek at 6 P. M. the 3d N. C. and 1st Md. attacked the lesser summit of Culp’s Hill. Reinforced later by the other regiments the Union breastworks thinly manned at some points were occupied to the southern base of the main summit but only after a vigorous and desperate conflict. July 3. The Union troops reinforced the conflict at dawn and it raged fiercely until 11 A. M. when this Brigade and the entire line fell back to the base of the hill and from thence moved about midnight to Seminary Ridge northwest of the town. July 4. Occupied Seminary Ridge. About 10 P. M. began the march to Hagerstown. |
| October |
Bristoe Campaign |
| October 26 | Bealeton |
| November-December |
Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 |
Payne’s FarmLieutenant Colonel Walton was killed. |
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1864
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| May | Assigned to Terry’s Consolidated Brigade, Gordon’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| May 5-6 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court HouseConsolidated with the 10th Virginia and 37th Virginia due to heavy casualties in the fighting at the Mule Shoe on May 14. The regiment’s color bearer and colors were captured by Sgt. William Westerhold of the 52nd New York Infantry Regiment. |
| May 22-26 |
Battle of North Anna |
| June 1-3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June |
Lynchburg CampaignAssigned to Terry’s Consolidated Brigade, Gordon’s Division, Army of the Valley |
| July 9 |
Battle of Monocacy |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| September 28 | Harrisonburg |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| December |
Siege of PetersburgAssigned to Terry’s Consolidated Brigade, Gordon’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Battle of Hatcher’s Run |
| March 25 |
Fort Stedman |
| April 2 | Petersburg |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment surrendered 8 officers and 49 enlisted men. |
Field officers for the regiment 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.