United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
1861
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April 25 | Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and mustered in for three months Federal service under the command of Colonel Thomas A. Rowley, Lieutenant Colonel John N. Purviance and Major W.S. Mellinger
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April 26 | Moved to York, Pa. |
June 4 | Moved to Chambersburg. Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson’s Army |
June 11 | To Camp Brady, south of Chambersburg |
June 14 | Moved to Greencastle |
June 15 | Advanced to Camp Reily, near Williamsport |
June 16 | Crossd the Potomac at Williamsport, advancing a few miles into Virginia |
June 18 | Goose Creek, Edward’s Ferry, then returned to Williamsport, acing as rearguard |
July 4 | Escorted Rhode Island Battery to Martinsburg |
July 16 | Moved to Bunker Hill |
July 17 | Forced march to Charlestown |
July 21 | To Harper’s Ferry, fording the river without guides in the darkness |
July 22 | Marched to Hagerstown |
July 25 | Moved by Cumberland Valley railroad to Harisburg |
August 6 | The 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment moved to Harrisburg, Pa., and mustered out |
Late August | Colonel Rowley and five companies went to Washington and became the nucleus of the 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment |