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23rd Virginia Infantry
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Solomon AngleRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Edgar
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Date Added: 1/22/2011

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Andrew Jackson HuffmanRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Thomas Darrell Huffman Sr.
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Date Added: 11/9/2012

Company A
Richard Buckland - Private
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Contact Name: Lori
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Date Added: 4/20/2008

Company A
John Austin Nunn - Private
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Contact Name: Hope
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Date Added: 3/29/2012

Company A
Isom B OsborneRank Unknown
My great, great grandfather has 23rd VA Infantry CSA on his gravestone in Cedar Bluff, VA. However, he is not listed in the 23rd VA regimental history. Any info regarding this would be appreciated.
Contact Name: Jacqueline Fountain
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Date Added: 9/13/2009

Company B
Henley C. FarleyRank Unknown
Was supposed to have served from 1861 to 1865 as a private. Was said to have been captured and served as a Prisoner of War.
Contact Name: Ray
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Date Added: 8/25/2016

Company B
Madison FarleyRank Unknown
Military grave marker at his grave site shows service in Co. B 23rd Virginia Infantry.
Contact Name: Ray
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Date Added: 8/25/2016

Company B
James Thomas Farmer - Private
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James Thomas Farmer Enlistment Date: 10 Apr 1862,
Rank at enlistment: Private,
Enlistment Place: Mercer County,VA,
Survived the War:
Contact Name: Russell Farmer
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Contact Homepage: http://farmershistory.tribalpages.com
Date Added: 11/28/2011

Company B
Auston Meadows - 2nd Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Lori
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Date Added: 4/20/2008

Company B
Charles C. Scott - Captain
C. C. Scott was a Sergeant upon entering the 23rd Regiment and a Captain upon leaving. We believe he was married to Ella Alvey and is buried near her at the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Contact Name: K. Wheeler
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Date Added: 10/27/2010

Company C
Pleasant Egbert Anderson - Private
NOTE: per http://23rdva.netfirms.com/, Pleasant Egbert was in the 'post war roster'

Descendant of Jeffery Robertson++ b. 16xx d. 1734 of Henrico County Virginia, Pleasant Egbert was born 18Jan 1840 and married Emma Alice Robertson (b. 5July1842) on 23Dec1866.

Their issue (all born in Cumberland Co. Va) were:
Flora Irene Anderson b. 26Aug1869
Branch H. Raymond Anderson b. 20Apr1872**
James Linwood Anderson b. 12Jan1875
Howard Mills Anderson b. 14Jun1877
Eugenia J. Anderson b. 7Nov1878

**my GGrandfather, who married Nannie Watts 1Nov1893
their issue was my Grandfather, Raymond Dillard Anderson,
b. 8Oct1894 d. 9Jan1981, m. (1) Eleanor McCormack *** and
(2) Pansy Lura Watson--their issue was Raymond D. Anderson Jr

***my Grandmother, their issue was Helen Marion Anderson
my mother

++Norvell Roberston b. 22May1765 Buckingham VA, elder son of Jeffrey Roberston, joined the militia in May1781 and following service in Yorktown Sep1781 returned to work at the blacksmith trade until 1786 when he journeyed to Burke County where he again served in the militia during an indian uprising. He married Sarah Powell 7Jul1791 had 10 children and d. 16Sep1855 in Covington County, Mississippi
Contact Name: Mary Russo
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Date Added: 3/14/2011

Company D
Hugh J Dillion - Musician
Musician Company D. Born ca. 1827 Tazewell County, Va. Brother to Samuel W. Dillion who served in the 60th Virginia Infantry.
Contact Name: Blaine Hypes
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Date Added: 11/27/2009

Company D
William Albert Humphrey - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 23 May 1861 at the age of 34.
Died of disease on 25 April 1862 at Harrisonburg, VA.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 7/4/2010

Company D
William Stephen ShepherdRank Unknown
I was researching my grandmother's family looking to see if I could find a Confederate service record for my great grandfather. Instead I found the grave of his brother, William Stephen Shepherd. He is buried in the Bybee Road Baptist Church Cemetrry in Fluvanna County, VA. His grave stone indicates he served in the 23rd VA Infantry, Company D, and died on 14 May 1863, apparently from wounds received at the battle of Chancellorsville.
Contact Name: William Durvin
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Date Added: 3/1/2011

Company D
James Harvey Vest/Vess - Musician
Enlisted 22 August, 1861 @ Tazewell County Court House by Capt. Cecil for the duration of the war. Some records have his rank listed as Private.
Contact Name: Christopher Vest
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Date Added: 7/9/2005

Company E
Beverly Barksdale - Lieutenant
Twice wounded, at Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Captured at Gettysburg. Prisoner of war at Johnson''s Island
Contact Name: Bill Cook
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Date Added: 7/14/2003

Company E
Samuel Peter Hales MD - 1st Lieutenant
Lt. Samuel Peter Hales was the son of a doctor and himself an MD before and after the War. Following the death of his 1st wife who bore 2 children, he married a widow of means and inherited 11 step children, then fathered 2 more. He enlisted for 1 year in Co. E on May 7, 1861 in Halifax County, VA and was appointed 1st Lt. He served in the WV Campaign and briefly commanded the Co in late 1861 following the capture of the Captain. He went on sick leave from Winchester in Jan., 1862 and was eventually dropped from the rolls. One of his step sons, Captain Richard Polk Jennings was wounded 4 times and commanded Co.E late in the War.

Lt.(Dr.) Hales died in Halifax Co in 1894 after contracting erysipelas from a patient. He is buried at Oak Level Presbyterian Church in Halifax County.

Contact Name: Lucian Hiner
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Date Added: 4/17/2014

Company E
William Haymes - Captain
Enlisted at Brooklyn5/7/61. Commanded Co until captured 7/13/61 Carricks Ford. Paroled 7/16/61.
Contact Name: Bill Cook
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Date Added: 11/5/2003

Company E
Robert James Surber - Private
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Contact Name: Sarah Johnson Goode
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Date Added: 12/19/2011

Company E
Samuel Carter Williams - Captain
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Contact Name: Carter Condon
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Date Added: 3/21/2014

Company E
Samuel Carter Williams - Captain
Samuel Carter Williams was born in Pittsylvania Co., Va in 1832. Both of his parents died when he was a child and he and a surviving brother were raised by grandparents who owned a large plantation on the Banister River. After being educated, in 1850 he worked as a mercantile clerk and belonged to the Roman Eagle Masonic Lodge in Danville. On Dec. 20,1853 he married Elizabeth Ann Fallen. They had five children. Around 1855 he purchased a 998 acre tobacco plantation near Paces in SW Halifax County, VA.

On May 7, 1861 he enlisted at Brooklyn as 2nd LT in Co. E, the Brooklyn Grays. This unit fought for most of the war in Allegheny Johnson's Division. He was elected Captain in May, 1862, paricipated in Kernstown and later was wounded in the arm at McDowell,captured, exhanged and rejoined his unit in August. He was present for duty thereafter until he was KIA, participating in Sharpsburg and all of the major ANV battles including Culp's Hill. Williams was killed on Nov. 27, 1863 in an assault on Union forces at Paynes Farm after his column, part of Steuart's Brigade, was ambushed on Raccoon Ford Road.

The 23rdVA sustained 30% casualties at Kernstown and was commended by Jackson. Captain Williams is cited by name three times in the O.R.'s for bravery and leadership, following McDowell, Chancellorsville and Payne's Farm. Williams is buried in the family cemetery on the site of his former plantation and the plot is maintained by descendants.
Contact Name: Lucian Hiner.
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Date Added: 2/8/2009

Company E
Samuel Carter Williams - Captain
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Contact Name: Diane Milstead
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Date Added: 5/21/2012

Company F
Spotswood Paul Johnson - Private
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Contact Name: Robert Johnson
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Date Added: 5/18/2009

Company F
Abraham Kegley - Private
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Contact Name: Rodney Belcher
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Date Added: 1/25/2015

Company F
George Washington Kegley - Corporal
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Contact Name: Rodney Belcher
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Date Added: 1/25/2015

Company F
William Prater - Private

Contact Name: Ray Prater
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Date Added: 9/24/2013

Company G
Peyton HubbardRank Unknown
This is my great,great grandfather on my father's side of our family and am very interested in finding any information I can about him!!!!
Sincerely,
Myrreah White
Contact Name: Myrreah White
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Date Added: 8/22/2011

Company G
Martin Sharp - Private
April 24, 1861 Martin elisted at Fredricks Hall in Lousia County
May 1861 23rd regiment was formed in Richmond at Richmond Fairgrounds, they left on a the train through Louisa to Staunton.
Battle of Kernstown,( Martin wounded till April 1863)
May 10 1864 ( Martin is captured )
May 12 1864 another battle at the Mule Shoe in Spotsylvania, ( prisoners were marched to Bell Plain )
May 20 1864 Martin sent from Bell Plain to Fort Delaware
April 24,1865 Martin died with pneumonia, burried at Finn''s Point National Cemetery

Contact Name: Robert Stokes
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Date Added: 7/8/2004

Company G
James Festus Tribble - Private
My great, great, grandfather enlisted in March, 1862. He was twice woulded in action but served until of the end of the war. He was born in Spotsylvania, VA in 1835 and married Ann Elizebeth Sizer in 1854. He had four childeren.
Contact Name: Bruce Crawford
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Date Added: 7/28/2010

Company H
Robert Thomas Biggs - Private
Was living in Patrick County, VA.
Contact Name: John Craft
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Date Added: 6/17/2011

Company I
John Thomas Hines - Private
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Contact Name: M. Wayne Hines
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Date Added: 2/3/2018

Company I
Samuel Hines - Sergeant
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Contact Name: M. Wayne Hines
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Date Added: 2/3/2018

Company I
Shadrack Hines - Private
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Contact Name: M. Wayne Hines
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Date Added: 2/3/2018

Company I
Stephen Hines - Private
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Contact Name: M. Wayne Hines
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Date Added: 2/3/2018

Company I
Thomas Larkin Hines - Private
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Contact Name: M. Wayne Hines
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Date Added: 2/3/2018

Company K
Andrew Bennett Crawford - Captain
Andrew Crawford enlisted in May 1861. He was elected Captain after Armistead Bailey resigned.
Contact Name: Brad Carter
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Date Added: 10/6/2008

Company K
William Oswald Goode - Private
Pvt. Goode, from Charlotte Co.Va., is My Great Grandfather. William was also in the 22nd Va. and the Staunton Hill Va. Light Artillery.
Contact Name: Robert F. Grimes, Jr.
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Date Added: 3/5/2007

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