United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Artillery, Cavalry & Engineers
The 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment lost 3 officers and 67 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 220 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| December | Began organization at Philadelphia and Harrisburg |
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1862
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| April | Completed organization |
| April | Ordered to Baltimore, Md. |
| April | Duty in the Defenses of Baltimore, attached to Defenses of Baltimore, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
| July 1 | James A. Galligher was appointed colonel. |
| September 24 | Moved to Point of Rocks, Md. and guard duty on line of the Potomac between: Berlin and Edward’s Ferry, and scouting in Loudoun and Jefferson Counties, Va. Attached to Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Corps |
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1863 |
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| February 3 | Ordered to join Milroy at Winchester, Va. Attached to Elliott’s Brigade, Milroy’s Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Corps, then 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps |
| February 25 | Woodstock |
| February 26 | Strasburg Road and Woodstock (Companies G & L) |
| April 13 | Cedar Creek |
| April 20 | Reconnaissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg |
| April 22-29 | Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
| April 22 and 26 | Fisher’s Hill, Strasburg Road |
| April 25-30 | Scout to Strasburg |
| April 28 | Strasburg |
| April 29 | Fairmont |
| May 4-9 | Scout in Hampshire County |
| May 12-26 | Operations about Front Royal Ford and Buck’s Ford |
| Station May 16 | Piedmont (Detachment) |
| June 12 | Middletown and Newtown |
| June 13-15 | Battle of Winchester |
| June 15 | Retreat to Harper’s Ferry and duty there |
| June 30 | Moved to Frederick, Md. |
| July 8 | To Boonsboro, and joined 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
| July-August | Scouting in Virginia |
| August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
| September 2 | Oak Shade |
| September 4 | Hazel River |
| September 13-17 | Advance to the Rapidan |
| September 13 | Culpeper C. H. |
| October 6 | Colonel Galligher was discharged |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 10 | James City |
| October 11 | Near Warrenton |
| October 12 | Jeffersonton |
| October 12-13 | Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs |
| October 14 | Auburn and Bristoe |
| October 14 | St. Stephen’s Church |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Rappahannock Station |
| November 15 | Catlett’s Station |
| November 26-December 2. | Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 | New Hope Church |
| November 28-30 | Mine Run |
| December 28-31 | Scout from Vienna to White Plains |
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1864
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| February 14 | Brentsville |
| February 28 | Near Sprigg’s Ford (Company L) |
| March 6 | Near Greenwich |
| March 8 | Scout to Brentsville |
| March 9 | Scout to Greenwich |
| March 9 | Near Greenwich |
| March 11 | Scout to Greenwich |
| March 16 | Bristoe Station |
| March 28-29 | Scout to Aldie and Middleburg |
| April 9 | Bristoe Station |
| April 13 | Near Nokesville |
| April 15 | Near Milford |
| April 22 | Michael Kerwain was promoted to colonel. |
| April 24 | Near Middletown |
| May-June | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 3 | Temporarily attached to 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 5-7 | Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 | Spottsylvania C. H. |
| May 12 | Strasburg (Detachment) |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26 | Rejoined Brigade |
| May 28 | Haw’s Shop |
| May 30 | Old Church |
| May 31-June 1 | Cold Harbor |
| June 2 | Sumner’s Upper Bridge |
| June 2-7 | About Cold Harbor |
| June 7-24 | Sheridan’s Trevillian Raid |
| June 11-12 | Trevillian Station |
| June 21 | White House and St. Peter’s Church and Black Creek or Tunstall Station |
| June 24 | St. Mary’s Church |
| June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads |
| July 1 | Proctor’s Hill |
| July 12 | Warwick Swamp |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration north of James River at Deep Bottom |
| July 28 | Malvern Hill |
| July 30 | Warwick Swamp |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration north Of James River at Deep Bottom |
| August 14 | Gravel Hill |
| August 14-15 | White Oak Swamp |
| August 16 | Charles City Cross Roads |
| August 16-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| August 23 | Dinwiddie Road near Ream’s Station |
| August 25 | Ream’s Station |
| September 16 | Coggin’s Point and Fort Powhatan |
| September 29- October 2 |
Poplar Grove Church |
| September 29 | Wyatt’s Farm |
| September 30- October 1 |
Arthur’s Swamp |
| October 11-12 | Stony Creek |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road |
| November 7 and November 28 | Reconnaissance’s toward Stony Creek |
| December 1 | Stony Creek Station |
| December 8-10 | Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run |
| December 8-9 | Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| February 5 | Rowanty Creek |
| February 17 | Ordered to Wilmington, N. C. |
| March 6 | Arived Wilmington, N. C. Attached to Terry’s Provisional Corps, Dept. North Carolina |
| March 6-21 | Advance on Goldsboro. Reported to Sherman at Fayetteville, N.C. and attached to 3rd Brigade, Kilpatrick’s 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi |
| March 21 | Occupation of Goldsboro |
| April 10-13 | Advance on Raleigh |
| April 12 | Near Raleigh |
| April 13 | Occupation of Raleigh. Received surrender of Artillery. |
| April 26 | Surrender of Johnston and his army at Bennett’s House |
| May-July | Duty at Fayetteville and in Dept. of North Carolina |
| July 14 | Mustered out under Colonel Kerwin |
| July 27 | Discharged at Philadelphia |