VA HR233

Commends the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops, a Black infantry regiment in the Union Army organized at Camp Casey in Arlington from November 1863 to June 1864

Recognizes the regiment as the first Black unit to engage General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in directed combat on May 15, 1864, near Fredericksburg

Honors the regiment's distinguished service in major Civil War engagements including the Battle of Petersburg, Battle of the Crater, Weldon Railroad, and the Appomattox Campaign through April 1865

Acknowledges the reformed 23rd Regiment USCT, co-founded in 2010 in Spotsylvania County, for preserving and promoting the regiment's history

Directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to present a copy of the resolution to representatives of the reformed regiment