23rd Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters

23rd Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters
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	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
Major	Nicholas Stallworth

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

The 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.