United States Regiments & Batteries > New York
The 13th New York Infantry Regiment is a different organization.
In April of 1862 legislation changed the designation of militia units to “National Guard.”
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1861
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| April 21 | Organized for service under the command of Colonel Abel Smith |
| April 23 | Eight companies (486 men) mustered into United States service for three months and sailed in the steamship Marion to Annapolis |
| April-May | Guarded railroad at Annapolis, Maryland, quartered in the buildings of the Naval Academy and assigned to the Department of Annapolis. |
| May 7 | Additional reinforcements raised the regiment’s strength to 793 men. |
| May 18 | Affair at Smith’s Point, Maryland. |
| June 19 | Moved to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| July 21 | The regiment agreed to General Dix’s request to extend its service by ten days |
| August 6 | Mustered out of United States Service at Brooklyn, having lost 5 men to disease. Many of the regiment enlisted in the 87th New York Infantry. |
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1862
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| May 26 | Ordered to Washington D.C. |
| May 28 | Mustered in for three months United States Service |
| May 30 | Left for Washington under Colonel Robert B. Clark |
| June- September |
Served at Suffolk, Virginia as part of the 7th Army corps |
| September 12 | Mustered out of United States Service at Brooklyn, having lost 1 man to disease and 1 killed in an accident |
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1863
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| June 18 | Orderd to Harrisburg under the command of Colonel John B. Woodward |
| June 20 | Mustered in for three months United States Service and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Department Susquehanna |
| July 2 | Engagement near Fort Washington, Pa. |
| July 21 | The 13th New York National Guard mustered out of United States Service at Brooklyn, having lost 1 man to disease |