23rd Pa. Infantry

Regiment, also known as 'Birney's Zouaves,' recruited men in Philadelphia. Became part of the Army of the Potomac (first IV Corps, then VI Corps). Involved in 8 combat engagements including Fair Oaks, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Petersburg. 170 enlisted men and 8 officers dead in battle or disease. 4 of its men died at Andersonville. Regiment mustered out September 1864. 11 of its men went through Camp Discharge, including 5 Andersonville survivors.

11 Men at Camp Discharge

• Musician George W. Blank, Company B POW
• Pvt. Robert Davenport, Company A
• Pvt. Louis/Lewis Evans, Company F
• Cpl. John J. Howe, Company K POW/A
• Pvt. John Kock, Company C POW/A
• Pvt. John Lant, Company H
• Cpl. John McCabe, Company C POW
• Pvt. Alexander Pitts, Company E POW/A
• Pvt. Alexander Powell, Company F POW/A
• Pvt. Albert Thalheimer, Company B POW/A
• Pvt. John B. Ulrich, Company B

POW Held as a Confederate prisoner of war
POW/A Held at Andersonville prison, Georgia