23rd United States Colored Troops

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/23rd_United_States_Colored_Troops

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:active_years	1864-1866
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:battle_honors	gptkb:Fort_Harrison gptkb:Chaffin's_Farm gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:combat_role	Ground combat
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Colonel_William_H._Seward
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	gptkb:Virginia 1866
gptkbp:engagements	gptkb:Battle_of_Fair_Oaks gptkb:Battle_of_New_Market_Heights gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Gilmer
gptkbp:established	1864
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Fort_Monroe
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:historical_significance	First African American regiment to fight in the Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	23rd United States Colored Troops
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in	gptkb:African_American_Civil_War_Memorial
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:motto	“ We are the 23rd”
gptkbp:nickname	“ The Fighting 23rd”
gptkbp:notable_members	gptkb:Private_Thomas_H._Smith gptkb:Private_George_W._Smith gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cauley gptkb:Corporal_Andrew_Jackson gptkb:Lieutenant_Charles_D._Penrose gptkb:Lieutenant_William_H._Seward_Jr. gptkb:Private_Benjamin_H._Smith gptkb:Private_Charles_H._Smith gptkb:Private_David_H._Smith gptkb:Private_Edward_H._Smith gptkb:Private_Frank_H._Smith gptkb:Private_George_H._Smith gptkb:Private_Henry_A._Smith gptkb:Private_Henry_H._Smith gptkb:Private_James_H._Harris gptkb:Private_James_H._Smith gptkb:Private_John_H._Smith gptkb:Private_Joseph_H._Smith gptkb:Private_Richard_H._Smith gptkb:Private_Samuel_H._Smith gptkb:Private_William_H._Carney gptkb:Private_William_H._Smith gptkb:Sergeant_Major_Edward_A._Mc_Cauley gptkb:Sgt._Major_Christian_Fleetwood
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:recruitment	gptkb:Free_African_Americans gptkb:battle
gptkbp:reform	1864
gptkbp:role	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:service_years	gptkb:war
gptkbp:size	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:24th_United_States_Colored_Troops
gptkbp:uniform	Blue and gray
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Plymouth
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5