there’s that 23 again🤔 see that a lot when you start looking; measurements of 23 in various buildings and monuments. And then there’s this;

“The Battle of Antietam remains the bloodiest single day in American history. The battle left 23,000 men killed or wounded in the fields, woods and dirt roads, and it changed the course of the Civil War.”

https://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161248814/antietam-a-savage-day-in-american-history#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Antietam%20remains,course%20of%20the%20Civil%20War.

And this about George Washington’s army;

“…army was made up of farmers and tradesmen and artisans from every walk of life. Their officers were businessmen, lawyers, and planters, mostly amateurs. Even their commander in chief, the most experienced among them, had never led more than a thousand men in combat. Now, General George Washington led 23,000”

https://mtv-main-assets.mountvernon.org/files/resources/winter-patriots-transcript.pdf