The 13th Maine Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 13 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 178 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
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Organized at Augusta |
December 13 |
Mustered in |
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February 8 |
Moved to Boston and attached to Butler's Expeditionary Corps |
February 20 |
Companies A, B, E and I embark on Steamer Mississippi for Ship Island, Miss. |
February 21 |
Balance of regiment moved to New York |
February 27 |
Regiment embarked on Steamer Fulton for Ship Island, Miss. |
March 8 |
Regiment arrives Ship Island, Miss. |
March 20 |
Companies A, B, E and I arrive Ship Island, Miss. |
March |
Duty at Ship Island, Miss. attached to 3rd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf |
July |
Attached to Dept. of the Gulf as independent command |
July 5 |
Companies D and F remained at Ship Island
Company C moved to Fort Pike, then to Fort Macomb
Company K moved to Fort Macomb |
July 8 |
Company A moved to quarantine station and duty there
Companies G, H and I moved to Fort Jackson |
July 11 |
Companies B and E moved to New Orleans, then to Fort St. Phillip July 15 |
August 7 |
Company A moved to Fort St. Phillip |
August 24 |
Companies G, H and I moved to Fort St. Phillip |
December |
Assigned to Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. Gulf |
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January 23 |
Companies D and F moved to Forts Jackson and St. Phillip |
February 8-11 |
Pass Manchac (Detachment from Companies G, H & I) |
August 1 |
Regiment assigned to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf.
Companies D and F moved to New Orleans |
August |
Company A, B, E, G, H & I moved to New Orleans |
August 30 |
Companies C, K moved to New Orleans |
October 27-December 2 |
Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas |
November 3-6 |
Advance on Brownsville, Texas |
November 6 |
Occupation of Fort Brown |
November 17 |
Expedition to Aransas Pass, Capture of Mustang Island |
November 25-27 |
Fort Esperanza |
December |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Corps, Dept. Gulf |
December 29-30 |
Matagorda Bay |
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January |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Corps, Dept. Gulf
Companies C, H and K duty at Pass Cavallo, Matagorda Island |
February 12-16 |
Moved to Franklin, La. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Dept. Gulf |
March 15-May 22 |
Red River Campaign |
March 15-26 |
Advance from Franklin to Alexandria |
March 26-April 2 |
To Natchitoches |
April 8 |
Battle of Sabine Cross Roads |
April 9 |
Pleasant Hill |
April 23 |
Cane River Crossing |
April 25-May 13 |
At Alexandria |
May 13-22 |
Retreat to Morganza |
May 16 |
Mansura |
May |
Duty at Morganza |
July 1-13 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., then to Washington, D.C. |
July 13-23 |
Expedition to Snicker's Gap, Va. |
August-September |
Regiment attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division
Veterans on furlough , Non-Veterans duty at Harper's Ferry
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October 5 |
Regiment ordered to Martinsburg, W. Va. |
December 25 |
Non-Veterans left front for muster out. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion and transferred to 30th Maine Infantry |
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January 5 |
Mustered out |