United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts > 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
The 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 80 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 132 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| September 28 | The 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was organized under the command of Colonel John Kurz, formerly Captain of Company C in the 13th Massachusetts Infantry. |
| October 24 | Andrew Elwell, formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry, was appointed major. |
| November 11 | Left Massachusetts for Annapolis, Md., and duty there |
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1862
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| January 6 | Attached to Foster’s 1st Brigade, Burnside’s Expeditionary Corps |
| January 6-February 7 | Burnside’s Expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island, N. C. |
| February 8 |
Battle of Roanoke IslandThe regiment was on transports off Roanoke Island |
| March 11-13 | Moved to New Berne, North Carolina |
| March 14 |
Battle of New Berne |
| March 15 | Major Elwell was promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
| April | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Department of North Carolina |
| April 11 | At Batchelor’s Creek |
| May 4 | Provost duty at New Berne, North Carolina. |
| November 2-12 |
Expedition from New Berne |
| November 2 | Action at Rawle’s Mill (Companies B, C, D, G and I) |
| November 11 | Demonstration on New Berne, then picket and outpost duty in vicinity of New Berne |
| November 25 | Colonel Kurz resigned due to “dissatisfaction relative to rank.” Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Elwell was promoted to colonel. |
| December | Assigned to Heckman’s Brigade, Department of North Carolina |
| December 11-20 |
Foster’s Expedition to Goldsboro |
| December 13-14 | Southwest Creek |
| December 14 | Kinston |
| December 16 | Whitehall |
| December 17 | Goldsboro |
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1863
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| January | 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| January 13 | Moved to Carolina City |
| January 19- February 2 |
To Morehead City and Hilton Head, South Carolina |
| February | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Department of the South |
| February 11- April 3 |
Camp at St. Helena Island, S.C. |
| April | District of Beaufort, Department of North Carolina |
| April 3-10 |
Expedition against Charleston |
| April 12-16 | Moved to New Berne |
| April 17-19 | March to relief of Little Washington, North Carolina. |
| April 25 | Moved to Carolina City, North Carolina. |
| June 26 | Company D detached at Fort Spinola. |
| June 27 | Reconnaissance toward Swansbore (Company H) |
| July 2 | Ordered to New Berne, attached to Defenses of New Berne, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| July 4-8 | Expedition to Trenton and Pollocksville (Companies C, G, H and K) |
| July 6 |
Action at Quaker BridgeCompanies A, B, E, F and I |
| July 13-16 | Expedition from Newport Barracks to Cedar Point |
| October | Heckman’s Command, Newport News, Virginia, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| October 16-18 | Moved to Newport News, Virginia. |
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1864
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| January | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, United States Forces, Portsmouth, Virginia, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| January 22. | Moved to Portsmouth, Virginia and duty there and at Getty’s Station, on Norfolk & Suffolk Railroad |
| March 1-5 | Demonstration on Portsmouth |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| April 13-15 | Expedition to Isle of Wight County |
| April 14 | Action at Smithfield, Cherry Grove |
| April 26 | Moved to Yorktown |
| May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
| May 6-7 | Port Walthal Junction, Chester Station |
| May 9-10 | Swift’s Creek, Arrowfield Church |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 14-16 |
Drury’s BluffCaptain John W. Raynond of Company G was wounded in the head. |
| May 16-28 | Bermuda Hundred |
| May 28-June 1 | Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor |
| June 3 |
Battle of Cold HarborCaptain Raymond was wounded in the right arm. |
| June 15-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 15-September 4 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| July 14 | Captain Raymond of Company G was promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
| July 30 |
Mine Explosion (Reserve) |
| August 25- September 4 |
Duty in the trenches at Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
| September 4-10 | Moved to New Berne, North Carolina and duty in the Defenses of New Berne, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| September 9 | Affair at Currituck Bridge (Detachment) |
| September 20 | Colonel Elwell was discharged for general disability resulting from sunstroke and diarrhea. John W. Raymond was promoted to colonel. |
| September 28 | Non-Veterans mustered out |
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1865
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| February | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Beaufort, Department of North Carolina |
| March | District of Beaufort, Department of North Carolina |
| March 3-14 | Movements on Goldsboro |
| March 7 | Southwest Creek |
| March 8-10 |
Battle of Wise’s Forks |
| March 14 | Occupation of Kinston |
| May 2 | Moved to New Berne and duty there |
| June 25 | The 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was mustered out |