The Civil War in the East

13th Maine Infantry Regiment

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.

 

1861

 

Organized at Augusta

December 13

Mustered in

1862

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

1863

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

1864

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


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

1865

January 5

Mustered out