23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion

23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion
Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse)
Active	November 25, 1863 to April 9, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Alabama
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Siege of Knoxville Battle of Bean's Station Battle of Dandridge Battle of Chester Station Battle of Drewry's Bluff Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater Battle of Hatcher's Run Battle of White Oak Road Battle of Appomattox
Commanders
Notable commanders	Maj. Nicholas Stallworth

The 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion was a sharpshooter battalion of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The battalion was formed on November 25, 1863 at Charleston, Tennessee from three companies of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion.

Service

The 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion served in Gracie's Alabama Brigade in the Department of East Tennessee in late 1863, before being transferred to the Department of Richmond in time for the Bermuda Hundred Campaign . It later served with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Siege of Petersburg to the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.

See also

• List of Alabama Civil War Confederate units

References

• Lewellyn A. Shaver History of the Sixtieth Alabama Regiment, Gracie's Alabama Brigade
• Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Facts on File, NY 1992 ISBN 0-8160-2287-9