The Alabama 23rd Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, in November, 1861. It moved to Mobile and during the next two months lost 82 men by disease.
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Infantry regiments were typically composed of about 1,000 men. A loss of 82 by disease represents about 8%, a sizeable number. Disease represented almost 2/3's of all deaths during the war. Men were dying from "camp diseases" relatively soon after enlisting.