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| 23rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry | |
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| File:Flag of New York.svg | |
| Active | May 10, 1861 to May 22, 1863 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Gainesville Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville |
The 23rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "Southern Tier Regiment", was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The regiment was organized in Elmira, New York on May 10, 1861 and was mustered in for a two year enlistment on July 2, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of service on May 22, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments were transferred to the 80th New York.
Total strength and casualties[]
The regiment suffered 17 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 53 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 72 fatalities.[1]
Commanders[]
- Colonel Henry C. Hoffman
See also[]
- List of New York Civil War regiments
Notes[]
- ↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
References[]
External links[]
- New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 23rd Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 23rd New York Infantry Regiment.
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