13th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 104 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 146 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1861
May The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment organized at Indianapolis, Ind., for one year of service
June 19 Reorganized for three years service and mustered in
July 4 Left State for West Virginia. Attached to Rosecrans’ Brigade, McClellan’s Army of West Virginia
July 7-17 Campaign in West Virginia. Attached to 1st Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia
July 11

Battle of Rich Mountain
July 13 Moved to Beverly then to Cheat Mountain Pass.
September 11-17 Operations on Cheat Mountain attached to Reynolds’ Cheat Mountain Brigade, West Virginia
September 12 Cheat Mountain Pass
October 3-4 Greenbrier River
October 29 –
November 7		 Scouting Expedition through the Kanawha District
November Attached to Milroy’s Command, Cheat Mountain District, W. Va.
December 11-14 Expedition to Camp Baldwin
December 13
Action at Camp Allegheny
December 18 Moved to Green Springs Run
1862
January Attached to 2nd Brigade, Landers’ Division
January 1-4 Skirmishes at Bath, Hancock, Great Cacapon Bridge, Alpine Station and Sir John’s Run
March Attached to 2nd Brigade, Shields’ 2nd Division, Banks’ 5th Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah
March 5-15 Advance on Winchester, Va.
March 22 Kernstown
March 23

Battle of Winchester
April 4 Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of the Shenandoah
April 17 Occupation of Mtount Jackson
May 7 Summerville Heights
May 12-21 March to Fredericksburg. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Shields’ Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock
May 25-30 Return to Front Royal
June 9

Battle of Port Republic

June 29-July 2 Moved to the Peninsula, Va. Attached to Ferry’s 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac
July-August At Harrison’s Landing
August 16-23 Moved to Fortress Monroe
August 30 To Suffolk, Vairginia. Attached to Ferry’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, and then Foster’s Provisional Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Army Corps
October 3 Reconnaissance to Franklin on the Blackwater
October 3 Franklin
December 12 Zuni Minor’s Ford
1863
January 8-10 Expedition toward Blackwater
January 30 Action at Deserted House
April 4 Leesville
April 12-May 4

Siege of Suffolk

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps
April 13 Edenton, Providence Church and Somerton Roads
April 17 Suffolk
April 24 Edenton Road
May 4
Siege of Suffolk raised
May 20 Foster’s Plantation
June 24-July 7

Dix’s Peninsula Campaign
July 1-7 Expedition from White House to South Anna Bridge
July 4 South Anna Bridge
July 28-August 3 Moved to Folly Island, S.C. Attached to 1st Brigade, Vogdes’ Division, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South
August Siege operations against Fort Wagner, Morris Island and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C.
September 7
Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg
October Stationed at Folly Island
December The regiment reenlisted
1864
January Attached to 1st Brigade, Vogdes Division, Folly Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South
February 23 Moved to Jacksonville, Fla. Attached to 1st Brigade, Vogdes’ Division, District of Florida
April 17 Ordered to Hilton Head, S.C.; then to Gloucester Point, Va.

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina
May 4-28 Butler’s operations on Southside of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond, Va.

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps
May 5
Occupation of Bermuda Hundred
May 6-7 Port Walthal Junction
May 9-10 Swift Creek
May 12-16 Operations against Fort Darling
May 14-16

Battle of Drury’s Bluff
May 16-28 Bermuda Hundred
May 28-June 1 Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor
June 1-12

Battles about Cold Harbor
June Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps
June 15-18

Assault on Petersburg
June 16

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond
July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg
June 19 Non-Veterans left the front
June 24 Non-Veterans mustered out
August 13-20
Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom
August 14-18

Battle of Strawberry Plains
September 28-30

Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights
October 27-28

Battle of Fair Oaks
November 4-17 Detached duty at New York City during Election
December 7-27

Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps

1865
January 3-15

2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina
January 15

Assault and capture of Fort Fisher
February 19-20 Town Creek
February 22
Capture of Wilmington
March 1-April 26

Campaign of the Carolinas

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina.
March 6-21 Advance on Goldsboro
March 21 Occupation of Goldsboro
April 10-14 Advance on Raleigh
April 14 Occupation of Raleigh
April 26

Bennett’s House

Surrender of Johnston and his army.
May Duty at various points in North Carolina
September 5 The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment mustered out