John A. Dent, Private, Company B, 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion*, receipted for an issue of clothing October 8, 1862, transferred to Company G March 25, 1864, absent, on leave April 30, 1864, paroled at Charleston, West Virginia, May 15, 1865, recorded as Corporal**, signing by an ‘X’, “his mark,” 39 years old, 5’ 8”, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, sandy whiskers

* This company formerly served as (2nd) Company I, 36th Regiment Virginia Infantry.
The 23rd (also known as the 1st, as Hounshell’s and as Derrick’s) Battalion Virginia Infantry was organized January 15, 1862, with five companies A to E, and reorganized May 23, 1862. Other companies were added until April 1, 1863, when the battalion consisted of eight companies, A to H.

** No indication of when he may have been promoted Corporal.

M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia