23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

23rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
23rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Active	28 September 1861 – 25 June 1865
Disbanded	25 June 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Type	Infantry
Size	1,761 men and officers
Part of	1862: 1st Brigade (Foster's), Coast Division; 1st Brigade (Amory's), 1st Division (Foster's), Coast Division; 1863: Heckman's Brigade, Goldsborough Expedition; 1864: Heckman's 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the Potomac;
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island; Battle of New Bern; Battle of Goldsborough Bridge; Battle of Kinston; Battle of White Hall; Battle of Smithfield Crossing; Battle of Port Walthall Junction; Battle of Arrowfield Church; Battle of Proctor's Creek; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg; Battle of Wyse Fork;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. John Kurtz; Lt. Col. David P. Muzzey;

23rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was formed on 28 September 1861^[1] in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, though some of the men were not mustered until the regiment's arrival to Annapolis, Maryland on 5 December,^[1] and comprised 6 companies from Essex County, Massachusetts and 1 each from Bristol, Plymouth, Middlesex and Worcester.^[2] An ex-militia officer, John Kurtz, was commissioned its colonel.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "23rd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry". National Park Service. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Twenty-Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Three Years (Re-enlisted)". Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2013.