William Thomas
Regiment Name 23rd Batt'n. Virginia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company E - Capt Patrick C. Buchanan, Jr.'s Co; formerly Co L, 50th Regt; organized 9/14/1861; reorganized 5/20/1862; mustered 11/1/1862 as Co B, 3rd Regt, Floyd's Brig
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M382 roll 55

23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry
23rd Infantry Battalion was formed in January, 1862, with five companies, later increased to eight. It was attached to Echols' and Patton's Brigade, fought at Greenbrier River, then lost eighteen percent of the 350 engaged at Droop Mountain. During 1864 it was active in the Shenandoah Valley and in mid-April, 1865, disbanded. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick; and Majors William Blessing, William P. Cecil, and David S. Hounshell.

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