23rd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Brief History
Organized at Camp Casey, Virginia, November 23, 1863 to June 30, 1864. Mustered out November 30, 1865.

Emerging Civil War- Fact List About the 23rd United States Colored Troops

Brief Chronology of the 23rd Regiment, United States Colored Troops

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K

National Archives Catalog
 Digitized Documents 
 * Regimental and Company Books of the 23rd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment
 * Muster Roll for the 23rd Regiment, United States Colored Troops.
 * Compiled Military Service Record of John Henry Chase, 23rd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment
 * Approved Pension File for Private Andrew Weaver, Companies B and H, 23rd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SC-218533) NAID 100893543

Other Sources

 * Clapp, Henry S. Sketches of Army Life in the Sixties, and, "The Mansion by the Spring": A Civil War Story of the Shenandoah. 1910?.


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Union Volunteers in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Union Volunteers in the Civil War describes many Union sources, specifically for the Union Volunteers, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * FamilySearch Wiki: Virginia in the Civil War and Virginia Military