Co. A, 23^rd SC Regiment

The 23^rd South Carolina Regiment was made up of men from Chesterfield, Marion, Lexington, Kershaw, Marlboro, Charleston, Williamsburg, Linchwood, Richland, Darlington, Lancaster and Sumpter Counties. Some their engagements were: Rappahanock 1862, 2^nd Manassas, 1862, Boonsboro, 1862, Sharpsburg 1862, Kingston, NC 1863, Goldsboro NC 1863, Jackson MS (8days) 1863, Battle of the Crater 1864 and the defense of Petersburg, VA 1864 and 1865. Company A was made up mostly of Chesterfield County, SC men, as follows in the memory roll.

John C. Evans, 40, Captain, wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, surrendered Five Forks, Virginia, released from prison June 1865.

Richard T. Mayres, 43, 1^st Sergeant, released from prison June 1865.

Angus Douglas, 45, 3^rd Sergeant, died of disease at Petersburg, Virginia.

Levi Pate, 42, 5^th Sergeant, transferred.

Daniel P. Johnson, 41, 1^st Corporal

Privates:

Henry Y. Brown, 37, wounded at Fort Sumter, lost a foot.

John Boan, 41.

Archibald Currie, 42, killed in explosion, Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia.

Aaron Dees, 43, killed at Petersburg, Virginia.

Jesse Dees, 43.

Alex H. Gregory, 44.

Mordecai Gibson, 44.

J. Frank Jordan, 18.

John Jordan, 41.

James W. Jowers, 41, died of wounds at home.

Alex Johnson, 44, died of wounds.

Stephen D. Morse, 17.

William L. McRae, killed at Petersburg, Virginia.

Pleasant P. Pigg, 43, died of disease at Petersburg, Virginia.

Young John Pigg, 17, died of wounds at Petersburg, Virginia.

Alfred Rollings, 45, surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia.

William W. Shoemake, 34, transferred.

William G. Segars, 43, died of wounds at hospital.

Isaac F. Sinney, 42.

William Teal, 43, killed at Petersburg, Virginia.

W. Burgess Vick, 18.