United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine
The 13th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 178 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Augusta | |
| December 13 | Mustered in under Colonel Neal Dow. |
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1862
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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 |
| April 28 | Colonel Dow was promoted to brigadier general. |
| June 3 | Henry Rust, Jr. was promoted to colonel. |
| 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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1863
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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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1864
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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 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, 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 |
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1865
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| January 5 | Mustered out |