23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment

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23rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
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ActiveJuly 29, 1861, to July 23, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Champion Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Sherman's March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 23rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 4 officers and 68 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 2 officers and 143 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 217 fatalities. [1] [2]

Commanders

Notable members

See also

Notes

  1. "Union Regimental Histories: Indiana". The Civil War Archive. 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. Dyer, Frederick Henry (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York: Thomas Yoseloff.

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