23rd South Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 11, 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate service
• August 6, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 23, 1862 - Rappahannock Station
• August 28-30, 1862 - Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• May 17-June 16, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred
• June 9, 1864 - Petersburg [Company F]
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• July 30, 1864 - The Crater
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
• April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina and Georgia (November-December 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (January-June 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Drayton's Division / Evans' Brigade (July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Evans' Independent Brigade (August-October 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / Evans' Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Evans' Brigade (November 1862-February 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Evans' Brigade (February-March 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Evans' Brigade (May 1863)
• Department of the West / Breckinridge's Division / Evans' Brigade (June 1863)
• Department of the West / French's Division / Evans' Brigade (June-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / French's Division / Evans' Brigade (July-August 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Evans' Brigade (August 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 2nd Sub-Division / Evans' Brigade (August-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Evans' Brigade (October 1863-March 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Johnson's Division / Elliot's/Wallace's Brigade (June-October 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 4th Corps/ Johnson's Division / Wallace's Brigade (October 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Lewis M. Hatch (Colonel)
• Matthew V. Bancroft (Major)
• Henry L. Benbow (Colonel)
• Allen J. Green (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John M. Kinloch (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Henry H. Lesesne (Major)
• Lovick P. Miller (Major)
• Edgar O. Murden (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John Roberts (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John M. Whilden (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 99-101)