Category: 13th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, United States Civil War

Categories: West Virginia, United States Civil War

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13th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry

Overview:Organized at Mt. Pleasant and Barboursville October, 1862. Attached to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Scammon's Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Provisional Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.

Service:Duty at Point Pleasant and Coalsmouth, W. Va., till April, 1863. Hurricane Bridge March 28. Skirmish at Point Pleasant March 30. Hurricane and Coal River till July. Fayetteville May 20. Expedition to Piney in pursuit of Loring July 5-14, and in pursuit of Morgan July 17-26. Duty at Charleston and other points in the Kanawha Valley till May, 1864. Crook's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge and Cove Mountain May 10. Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain May 12-13. Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Lexington June 11. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat to Charleston June 18-July 1. Buford's Gap June 19. About Salem June 21. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July 12-15. Battle of Kernstown-Winchester July 23-24. Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 6-November 28. Near Charlestown, W. Va., August 21-22. Halltown August 26. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. At Camp Russell and in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Kablestown November 18. At Cumberland, Md., till April, 1865. At Winchester and Staunton till June. Mustered out June 22, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 57 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 108 Enlisted men by disease. Total 170.

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07 Aug 1835 Mason, Virginia, United States - 11 Oct 1930

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30 Oct 1841 Kentucky - 11 Nov 1921

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abt 1842 Mason, Mason, Virginia, United States - 19 Jan 1917

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abt 1839 Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States - abt 21 Dec 1864
03 Sep 1837 Kanawha, Virginia, United States - 23 Apr 1919
1843 Mason County, Virginia, United States of America - 12 Apr 1871

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05 Dec 1844 West Virginia - 13 Jun 1903

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abt 1841 Harper District, Roane, Virginia, United States - 21 Mar 1864 photo

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abt 1817 Virginia. - 28 Jun 1881

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abt 1846 Washington Co., PA - 22 Sep 1864
14 Jun 1840 Buckingham, Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 1908

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abt Feb 1827 Culpepper, Culpepper, Virginia, USA - 01 Mar 1920
11 Sep 1843 Virginia, USA - 19 Aug 1939

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15 Mar 1844 Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, United States - 04 Apr 1903

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abt 1833 Virginia, United States - 24 Mar 1890

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abt 11 Jun 1836 Monroe County, Virginia, United States - 02 Dec 1907
10 Aug 1836 Marion County, Indiana, USA - 22 Aug 1885
abt 1841 Jackson County, Virginia. - aft 1900
abt 25 Nov 1842 Jackson County, Virginia, United States - 27 Mar 1926
1842 Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, United States - 19 Apr 1890 photo




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