23rd Infantry Regiment
Modern Era, United States, Infantry
The 23rd Infantry Regiment, the Tomahawks, was created in the Civil War era and continued into the frontier and overseas Army that followed. It served in the Indian Wars and in the campaigns of American expansion at the end of the nineteenth century, becoming one of the Army's established regular regiments.
Its twentieth-century history is especially tied to the 2nd Infantry Division and later to battalion service in Korea, Vietnam, and the post-Cold War Army. Like many older regiments, its most important modern service came through battalions fighting under division and brigade headquarters rather than as a full regiment on campaign.
The 23rd Infantry therefore bridges the old Regular Army and the modular modern Army, carrying a lineage that runs from frontier operations to twentieth-century divisional warfare and later expeditionary service.
Battalion Page
A dedicated battalion subpage now collects the regiment's known battalion icons and short sketches for the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions. Open the 23rd Infantry Regiment Battalions page.