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	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 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, though some of the men were not mustered until the regiment's arrival to Annapolis, Maryland on 5 December, and comprised 6 companies from Essex County, Massachusetts and 1 each from Bristol, Plymouth, Middlesex and Worcester. An ex-militia officer, John Kurtz, was commissioned its colonel.