CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
23rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Hatch's Coast Rangers)
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23rd Infantry Regiment [also called Coast Rangers] was assembled at Charleston, South
Carolina, in November, 1861. Most of the men were from Horry, Georgetown, Charleston, and
Colleton counties. After being stationed in South Carolina, the regiment moved to Virginia and
during the war served in General Evans', Elliot's, and Wallace's Brigade. It participated in the
conflicts at Second Manassas, South Mountain, and Sharpsburg, then was ordered to North
Carolina and later to Mississippi. The unit skirmished at Jackson, was sent to Charleston, and in the
spring of 1864 returned to Virginia. It continued the fight in the trenches of Petersburg and around Appomattox. During the Second Manassas
operations, August 6-20, 1862, this regiment lost sixty-eight percent of the 225 engaged, and all
its field officers were wounded. It reported 10 killed, 22 wounded, and 5 missing in the Maryland
Campaign, totalled 297 men in October, 1863, and had 49 killed or wounded at the
Petersburg
mine explosion. The 23rd had many disabled at Sayler's Creek and surrendered 5 officers
and 103 men. Its commanders were Colonels Henry L. Benbow and Lewis M. Hatch; Lieutenant
Colonels Allen J. Green, John M. Kinloch, Edgar O. Murden, and John Roberts; and Majors
Matthew V. Bancroft, Henry H. Lesesne, L.P. Miller, and John M. Whilden.
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