CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
23rd Battalion, Tennessee Infantry (Newman's)
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23rd Infantry Battalion was organized at camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in November,
1862. Its members were raised in Lincoln, Hardin, Bedford, and Franklin counties. The unit
contained five companies and served in J.C. Brown's, Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and
Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. In November, 1863, it was consolidated with the 45th
Regiment. The battalion fought at Chickamauga
and Missionary Ridge, then participated in
various conflicts during the Atlanta
Campaign. Later it moved back to Tennessee with Hood but
was not engaged at Franklin and Nashville. It ended the war in North Carolina. This unit lost
twenty-eight percent of the 155 at Chickamauga, and the 45th/23rd Battalion totalled 316 men
and 340 arms in December, 1863. It was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. Major
Tazewell W. Newman was in command.
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