Twenty-third South Carolina Infantry Regiment

Twenty-third
South Carolina Infantry Regiment

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Twenty-third South Carolina Infantry Regiment
(Evan's, Walker's, Elliott's, Wallace's Brigade)
(Tramp Brigade)
Defense of Charleston Harbor
Army of Northern Virginia
Army of Tennessee

(COLONELS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS)

COL. L.M. HATCH
Resigned to return to State Commands

COL. H.L. BENBOW
Wounded at Second Manassas
Wounded at Petersburg
Wounded and Captured at Five Forks

LT. COL. J.M. KINLOCK

MAJOR M.V. BANCROFT(C)
Died of Wounds, Petersburg 6/64

MAJOR H.H. LESESNE

CAPT. E.R. WHITE

LT. COLONELS: A.J. GREEN, E.O. MURDEN, J.M. ROBERTS, J.M. KINLOCK

MAJORS: M.V. BANCROFT(C), H.H. LESESNE, L.P. MILLER, E.O. MURDEN, J.M. WHILDEN(C)

Staff:
David Bailey
Wm. Bennet
R.R. Billups (Comsy.Sgt.)
Joseph T. Church (Comsy.)
A.G. Cumbee
C. Daviga (Major/Surg.)
E.A. Davis (Sgt.)
Eli Diggins (Music.)
F.W. Emanuel (Ord. Sgt.)
John L. Girardeau (Chap.)
Thomas Hamlin (2Lt.)
James Kersey
J. Knauff (Sgt. Major)
W.A. Laws
H.C. Longshure
R.F. Michel (Surg.)
J.J. Murray (Surg.)
H.L. Ragin (1Lt.ACS)
C.E. Richardson (Asst. Surg.)
J.S. Richardson (AQM)
J.M. Schnierle (Adj)
J.A. Tennent (Adj)
W.G. Vardell (AQM)
S.B. Williams

Co Captain County Nickname
A J.C. EVANS CHESTERFIELD BEE RIFLES
. J.M. KINLOCK . .
. L.P. MILLER . .
. T.P. RYAN . .
. WM. SEABROOK . .
. C.C. Haile (1Lt.) . .
. J.R. Thomlinson (1Lt.) . .
. N.M. Gibson (2Lt.) . .
. N.G. Ingraham (2Lt.) . .
. W.G. Ingraham (2Lt.) . .
. J.S. Ligett (2Lt.) . .
. T.S. Gaillard (1Sgt) . .
. R.T. Meyers (1Sgt) . .
B J.M. WHILDEN(C) . CHICORA RIFLES
. P.H. SEABROOK . .
. J.F. DUFFUS . .
. T.L. SWINTON . .
. Thomas Livinton (1Lt.) . .
. Wm. B Allen (2Lt.) . .
. R.S. Whilden (2Lt.) . .
. J.D. Jeffords (Bvt2Lt.) . .
C M.V. BANCROFT(C) . .
. H.W. BUTLER . .
. D.K. O'BRIEN . .
. T.P. RYAN . .
. W.E. Glover (2Lt.) . .
. J.J. Broughton (2Lt.) . .
. W.H. Dunlop (1Sgt) . .
. Wm. Reynolds (1Sgt) . .
D E.O. MURDEN CHARLESTON .
. P.A. AVEIHE JR. (Aveilhe) . .
. Wm. England (1Lt.) . .
. E.W. Todd (1Sgt) . .
. E.L. Henry(OrdSgt.) . .
. Thomas Webb (Coxswain) . .
E C.J. FLAGLER MARION .
. J.C. FINKLEA . .
. Harris Covington (1Lt.) . .
. R.B. Moody (1Lt.) . .
. B.P. Bethea (2Lt.) . .
. W.G. Crawford (2Lt.) . .
. A.C. Moody (2Lt.) . .
. J.C. Bethea (3Lt.) . .
. H.L. Ragin (Ens.) . .
. D.A. McIntyre (1Sgt) . .
. A.J. Bethea(OrdSgt.) . .
F JULIUS MILLS(C) CHESTER COAST RANGERS*
. J.J MCCLURE . .
. J.F. ATKINSON . .
. J.W. WOODS . .
. M.C. Stone (1Lt.) . .
. J.T. Weir (1Lt.) . .
. J.W. Beard (2Lt.) . .
. J.H. McDill (2Lt.) . .
. W.H. Wise (Lt.) . .
. W.H. Castles (3Lt.) . .
. J.D. Lackey(Sgt.Major) . .
. James Hamilton (1Sgt) . .
. J.W. Baird(OrdSgt.) . .
G R.C. EMANUEL MARLBORO DOUGLAS RIFLES
. A.C. MCRAE . .
. W.W. COVINGTON (1lt.) . .
. S. LEGETT . .
. W.W. Covington (1Lt.) . .
. J.B. McLaurin (1Lt.) . .
. E.C. Pipkin (1Lt.) . .
. M.P. Galloway (2Lt.) . .
. J.C. Linken (2Lt.) . .
. J.A. Calhoun (Lt.) . .
. P.C. Drake (Bvt2Lt.) . .
. J.A. Covington (1Sgt) . .
. J.J. Graham (1Sgt) . .
. J.J. Beck (OrdSgt.) . .
H JOHN M. ROBERTS MARION .
. S.A DURHAM . .
. W.W. HAMILTON . .
. K. Nichols (1Lt.) . .
. J.D. Huggins (2Lt.) . .
. Asa Perritt (Lt.) . .
. John Sawyer (ColorSgt.) . .
I H.L. BENBOW MANNING/CLARENDON SPROTT GUARD
. W.R.J. CANTEY . .
. H.H. LESENE . .
. T.N. Slawson (1Lt.) . .
. H.D. Wells (1Lt.) . .
. D.J. Bradham (2Lt.) . .
. S.P. Wells (2Lt.) . .
. D.E. Kelly (Ens) . .
. R.B. Harvin (ACS) . .
. A.J. Richbourg (SgtMajor) . .
K T.D. FRIERSON SUMTER .
. JOHN H. COOPER . .
. L.P. LORING . .
. D.R. MCCALLUM . .
. W.P. Colclough (2Lt.) . .
. H.A. Scarborough (Lt.) . .
. L.W. Dick (Asst.Surg.) . .
. H.N. Brown (Adj.) . .

* FIRST MUSTERED WITH THE TENTH S.C., KNOWN AS COAST RANGERS OR COAST GUARDS.

For Additional Reading:

ANDREWS, W.J.: Sketch of Company K, Twenty-third South Carolina.
ELWELL, S.P.H.: Recollections of War Times, 1895
ELLIOTT, CHARLES P.: Elliott�s Brigade, How it Held the Crater and Saved Petersburg.
LEE, J. Edward: South Carolina in the Civil War, The Confederate Experience in Letters and Diaries, Chapter 17, Captain Julius Mills, Company F.

U.D.C.:Recollections and Reminiscences 1861-65:
Individuals:
Andrews, W.J. Andrews, 23rd SCV, Vol. 7 page 9, U.D.C.
Benbow, Col. H.L. Benbow, 23rd, SCV, Vol. 8, page 111, U.D.C.
Benbow, H.L., Col., 23rd SCV, Vol. 3, page 4
Elliott, Stephen Elliott, Vol. III, page 80
Hamilton, W.W., Capt. Co. H, 23rd SCV, Vol. 3, page 486
Hamlin, Hamlin, J.H., 23rd S.C.V., Vol. 7, page 195, U.D.C.
Hazelden,. Mr. Hazelden, Twenty-Third S.C.V., Vol. 7, page 43, U.D.C.
Jones, George Jones, 23rd S.C.V., Vol. 8, page 409, U.D.C. (Excellent)
McCormac, P.P., Co. H, 23trd SCV, Vol. 3, page 486
McLaurin, Duncan McLaurin, 23rd S.C.V., Vol. 8, page 461, U.D.C.
Scarborough, Henry Augustus Scarborough, Twenty-third, S.C.V., Vol 9, page 601, U.D.C
Stukes, J.T. Co E, 23rd SCV, Vol. 3, page 2
Sweat, N. Coe, 23rd SCV, Vol. 4, page 534
Wilden, Major J.M. Wilden, Company B, Twenty-third S.C. Infantry, Gen. C.I. Walker, Vol. 9, page 13, U.D.C.

Rosters and Other:
History of the Twenty-Third Regiment, Vol. 6, page 406 Casualties, 23rd SCV, Vol. 3, page 20
Roster Co G, 23rd SCV, Vol. 3, page 26
Co K, 23rd SCV, History of, Vol. 3, page 505
Roster Co. K, 23rd SCV, Vol. 3, page 506

Twenty-Third S.C. Vols. Infantry, Battles and Stations

Date Battle or City Location Commanding Officer Brigade Division Corps
11/61 Charleston Unit Organized Col. L.M. Hatch . . .
8/6/62 Occupation of Malvern Hill . Col. H.L. Benbow Evan's Brigade Independent First Corps
8/23/62 Rappahannock Station . Col. H.L. Benbow Evan's Brigade Independent First Corps
08/29-8/30-62 Second Manassas Chinn House Col. H.L. Benbow/W Evans' Brigade Independent First Corp
. . . Lt. Col. J.M. Roberts/W . . .
. . . Major J.M. Whilden/K . . .
. . . Capt. E.O, Murden /W/C . . .
. . . Capt. S.A. Durham . . .
09/14/62 Boonsboro . Capt. S.A. Durham Evans' Brigade . .
09/17/62 Sharpsburg Center Capt. S.A. Durham Evans' Brigade Hood�s Division Longstreet�s Corp
. . . Lt. E.R. White . . .
12/31/62 Kinston/Goldsbourgh North Carolina Col. H.L. Benbow/W Evans' Brigade Major General Samuel French, Dept. of N.C./Petersburg Major General Gustavus W. Smith, Dept. of N.C./Southern Virginia
5/25/63 Move to Mississippi . Col. H.L. Benbow Evans' Brigade Lorning�s Division .
07/12/63 Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Col.H.L. Benbow Evans� Brigade French's Division Breckinridge's Corps
08/10/63 Savannah, Ga. . Col. H.L. Benbow Evans' Brigade . Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
9/07/63 Charleston, S.C.* . Col. H.L. Benbow Evans' Brigade . Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
5/16/64 Wilmington, N.C. . Col. H.L. Benbow Walker�s Brigade Hoke's Division W.H.C. Whiting (Third Military District, N.C.)
5/64 Virginia . Col. H.L. Benbow Walker�s Brigade Hoke's Division Beauregard's Command
5/17-6/16-64 Bermuda Hundreds . Col. H.L Benbow Walker�s Brigade Hoke�s/Johnson's Division Beauregard�s Command
5/20/64 Hewlett�s Farm/ Ware Bottom Church Bermuda Hundred Col. H.L. Benbow Walker�s Brigade, General Walker Wounded and Captured Johnson's Division Beauregard's Command
. . . . Col. F.W. McMaster . .
5/28/64 Stephen Elliott takes command of Brigade . Col. H.L. Benbow Elliott's Brigade Johnson�s Divsion Beauregard�s Command
7/30/64 The Crater . Capt. E.R. White Elliott�s Brigade, General Stephen Elliott Wounded Johnson�s Division Beauregard's Command
. . . . Col.Wm. Wallace . .
8/64 Petersburg . Col. H.L. Benbow/W Wallace�s Brigade Johnson�s Division Beauregard's Command
. . . Major M.V. Bancroft/K . . .
. . . Major H.H. Lesesne . . .
. . . Capt. E.R. White . . .
9/20/64 Wm. H. Wallace promoted to General . Col. H.L. Benbow Wallace�s Brigade Johnson�s Division Beauregard�s Command
3/25/64 Fort Steedman . Col H.L. Benbow Wallace�s Brigade Johnson�s Division Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
3/29/64 Battle of Lewis Farm . Col. H.L. Benbow Wallace�s Brigade Johnson�s Division Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
3/31/65 Gravelly Run . Col. H.L. Benbow Wallace�s Brigade Johnson�s Division Pickett�s Mobile Force
3/30-4/1-65 Five Forks . Col. H.L. Benbow/W/C Wallace's Brigade Johnson's Division Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
4/6/65 Sayler�s Creek . Lt. Col. J.M. Kinloch Wallace's Brigade Johnson�s Division Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
04/09/65 Appomattox . Lt. Col. J.M. Kinloch Wallace's Brigade Johnson�s Division Fourth or Anderson�s Corps

*At this time serious efforts begin to separate units of the Evan�s Brigade. They are moved to different districts and the 18th goes to Florida. Evans is brought forward on charges and the matter proceeds to Richmond for the eye of the President. Eventually the Brigade minus the MacBeth Artillery will be brought back together in Wilmington under new command. One of the most difficult issues is the continuing disagreement between the Colonels of the command and Evans. It reflects poorly on all involved and probably cost McMaster�s and Bendow the most. Benbow is a distinguished soldier and probably would have achieved General�s rank anywhere but where he found himself. McMaster�s was also well loved and a more than adequate commander. S.D. Goodlett, another Colonel, was cashiered at Kinston which was the beginning of the open warfare between the Colonels and General Evans.

Twenty-Third South Carolina Infantry Evans Brigade
(The Tramp Brigade) Most Armies
(East of the Mississippi) Company I Roster
Twenty-Third South Carolina Infantry Evans Brigade
(The Tramp Brigade) Most Armies
(East of the Mississippi) Company K Roster

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Co	Captain	County	Nickname
A	J.C. EVANS	CHESTERFIELD	BEE RIFLES
.	J.M. KINLOCK	.	.
.	L.P. MILLER	.	.
.	T.P. RYAN	.	.
.	WM. SEABROOK	.	.
.	C.C. Haile (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.R. Thomlinson (1Lt.)	.	.
.	N.M. Gibson (2Lt.)	.	.
.	N.G. Ingraham (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.G. Ingraham (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.S. Ligett (2Lt.)	.	.
.	T.S. Gaillard (1Sgt)	.	.
.	R.T. Meyers (1Sgt)	.	.
B	J.M. WHILDEN(C)	.	CHICORA RIFLES
.	P.H. SEABROOK	.	.
.	J.F. DUFFUS	.	.
.	T.L. SWINTON	.	.
.	Thomas Livinton (1Lt.)	.	.
.	Wm. B Allen (2Lt.)	.	.
.	R.S. Whilden (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.D. Jeffords (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
C	M.V. BANCROFT(C)	.	.
.	H.W. BUTLER	.	.
.	D.K. O'BRIEN	.	.
.	T.P. RYAN	.	.
.	W.E. Glover (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.J. Broughton (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.H. Dunlop (1Sgt)	.	.
.	Wm. Reynolds (1Sgt)	.	.
D	E.O. MURDEN	CHARLESTON	.
.	P.A. AVEIHE JR. (Aveilhe)	.	.
.	Wm. England (1Lt.)	.	.
.	E.W. Todd (1Sgt)	.	.
.	E.L. Henry(OrdSgt.)	.	.
.	Thomas Webb (Coxswain)	.	.
E	C.J. FLAGLER	MARION	.
.	J.C. FINKLEA	.	.
.	Harris Covington (1Lt.)	.	.
.	R.B. Moody (1Lt.)	.	.
.	B.P. Bethea (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.G. Crawford (2Lt.)	.	.
.	A.C. Moody (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.C. Bethea (3Lt.)	.	.
.	H.L. Ragin (Ens.)	.	.
.	D.A. McIntyre (1Sgt)	.	.
.	A.J. Bethea(OrdSgt.)	.	.
F	JULIUS MILLS(C)	CHESTER	COAST RANGERS*
.	J.J MCCLURE	.	.
.	J.F. ATKINSON	.	.
.	J.W. WOODS	.	.
.	M.C. Stone (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.T. Weir (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.W. Beard (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.H. McDill (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.H. Wise (Lt.)	.	.
.	W.H. Castles (3Lt.)	.	.
.	J.D. Lackey(Sgt.Major)	.	.
.	James Hamilton (1Sgt)	.	.
.	J.W. Baird(OrdSgt.)	.	.
G	R.C. EMANUEL	MARLBORO	DOUGLAS RIFLES
.	A.C. MCRAE	.	.
.	W.W. COVINGTON (1lt.)	.	.
.	S. LEGETT	.	.
.	W.W. Covington (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.B. McLaurin (1Lt.)	.	.
.	E.C. Pipkin (1Lt.)	.	.
.	M.P. Galloway (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.C. Linken (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.A. Calhoun (Lt.)	.	.
.	P.C. Drake (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.A. Covington (1Sgt)	.	.
.	J.J. Graham (1Sgt)	.	.
.	J.J. Beck (OrdSgt.)	.	.
H	JOHN M. ROBERTS	MARION	.
.	S.A DURHAM	.	.
.	W.W. HAMILTON	.	.
.	K. Nichols (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.D. Huggins (2Lt.)	.	.
.	Asa Perritt (Lt.)	.	.
.	John Sawyer (ColorSgt.)	.	.
I	H.L. BENBOW	MANNING/CLARENDON	SPROTT GUARD
.	W.R.J. CANTEY	.	.
.	H.H. LESENE	.	.
.	T.N. Slawson (1Lt.)	.	.
.	H.D. Wells (1Lt.)	.	.
.	D.J. Bradham (2Lt.)	.	.
.	S.P. Wells (2Lt.)	.	.
.	D.E. Kelly (Ens)	.	.
.	R.B. Harvin (ACS)	.	.
.	A.J. Richbourg (SgtMajor)	.	.
K	T.D. FRIERSON	SUMTER	.
.	JOHN H. COOPER	.	.
.	L.P. LORING	.	.
.	D.R. MCCALLUM	.	.
.	W.P. Colclough (2Lt.)	.	.
.	H.A. Scarborough (Lt.)	.	.
.	L.W. Dick (Asst.Surg.)	.	.
.	H.N. Brown (Adj.)	.	.

Date	Battle or City	Location	Commanding Officer	Brigade	Division	Corps
11/61	Charleston	Unit Organized	Col. L.M. Hatch	.	.	.
8/6/62	Occupation of Malvern Hill	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Evan's Brigade	Independent	First Corps
8/23/62	Rappahannock Station	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Evan's Brigade	Independent	First Corps
08/29-8/30-62	Second Manassas	Chinn House	Col. H.L. Benbow/W	Evans' Brigade	Independent	First Corp
.	.	.	Lt. Col. J.M. Roberts/W	.	.	.
.	.	.	Major J.M. Whilden/K	.	.	.
.	.	.	Capt. E.O, Murden /W/C	.	.	.
.	.	.	Capt. S.A. Durham	.	.	.
09/14/62	Boonsboro	.	Capt. S.A. Durham	Evans' Brigade	.	.
09/17/62	Sharpsburg	Center	Capt. S.A. Durham	Evans' Brigade	Hood�s Division	Longstreet�s Corp
.	.	.	Lt. E.R. White	.	.	.
12/31/62	Kinston/Goldsbourgh	North Carolina	Col. H.L. Benbow/W	Evans' Brigade	Major General Samuel French, Dept. of N.C./Petersburg	Major General Gustavus W. Smith, Dept. of N.C./Southern Virginia
5/25/63	Move to Mississippi	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Evans' Brigade	Lorning�s Division	.
07/12/63	Jackson, Mississippi	Mississippi	Col.H.L. Benbow	Evans� Brigade	French's Division	Breckinridge's Corps
08/10/63	Savannah, Ga.	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Evans' Brigade	.	Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
9/07/63	Charleston, S.C.*	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Evans' Brigade	.	Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
5/16/64	Wilmington, N.C.	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Walker�s Brigade	Hoke's Division	W.H.C. Whiting (Third Military District, N.C.)
5/64	Virginia	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Walker�s Brigade	Hoke's Division	Beauregard's Command
5/17-6/16-64	Bermuda Hundreds	.	Col. H.L Benbow	Walker�s Brigade	Hoke�s/Johnson's Division	Beauregard�s Command
5/20/64	Hewlett�s Farm/ Ware Bottom Church	Bermuda Hundred	Col. H.L. Benbow	Walker�s Brigade, General Walker Wounded and Captured	Johnson's Division	Beauregard's Command
.	.	.	.	Col. F.W. McMaster	.	.
5/28/64	Stephen Elliott takes command of Brigade	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Elliott's Brigade	Johnson�s Divsion	Beauregard�s Command
7/30/64	The Crater	.	Capt. E.R. White	Elliott�s Brigade, General Stephen Elliott Wounded	Johnson�s Division	Beauregard's Command
.	.	.	.	Col.Wm. Wallace	.	.
8/64	Petersburg	.	Col. H.L. Benbow/W	Wallace�s Brigade	Johnson�s Division	Beauregard's Command
.	.	.	Major M.V. Bancroft/K	.	.	.
.	.	.	Major H.H. Lesesne	.	.	.
.	.	.	Capt. E.R. White	.	.	.
9/20/64	Wm. H. Wallace promoted to General	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Wallace�s Brigade	Johnson�s Division	Beauregard�s Command
3/25/64	Fort Steedman	.	Col H.L. Benbow	Wallace�s Brigade	Johnson�s Division	Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
3/29/64	Battle of Lewis Farm	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Wallace�s Brigade	Johnson�s Division	Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
3/31/65	Gravelly Run	.	Col. H.L. Benbow	Wallace�s Brigade	Johnson�s Division	Pickett�s Mobile Force
3/30-4/1-65	Five Forks	.	Col. H.L. Benbow/W/C	Wallace's Brigade	Johnson's Division	Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
4/6/65	Sayler�s Creek	.	Lt. Col. J.M. Kinloch	Wallace's Brigade	Johnson�s Division	Fourth or Anderson�s Corps
04/09/65	Appomattox	.	Lt. Col. J.M. Kinloch	Wallace's Brigade	Johnson�s Division	Fourth or Anderson�s Corps