213th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

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“7th Union League Regiment”

The 213th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment mustered 1,150 men in the American Civil War. It lost 18 enlisted men to disease during its nine months of service.

1865
February 4 –
March 2		 Organized at Philadelphia from men recruited primarily in Philadelphia and in Berks, Juniata and Chester Counties under the command of Colonel John A. Gorgas, Lieutenant Colonel Jacob M. Davis and Major Enos R. Artman.

Organization of the regiment
  • Company A – Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties – Captain William H. McMinn
  • Company B – Philadelphia County – Captain James N. Blundin
  • Company C – Philadelphia and Chester Counties – Captain Silas W. Pettit
  • Company D – Berks and Philadelphia Counties – Captain John Kennedy
  • Company E – Philadelphia, Chester and Montgomery Counties – Captain Henry C. Williams
  • Company F – Philadelphia, Chester and Montgomery Counties – Captain Richard W. Davis
  • Company G – Philadelphia, Chester County and Montgomery Counties – Captain William Babe
  • Company H – Philadelphia, Chester County and Montgomery Counties – Captain Theo. A. Snyder
  • Company I – Philadelphia County – Captain Enos R. Artman
  • Company K – Philadelphia, Chester and Montgomery Counties – Captain Lewis Stanton
March 4 Ordered to Annapolis, Md. but forced to wait due for arms and equipment.
March 11 Seven companies moved to Annapolis, Md. and assigned to guard duty at Camp Parole, where Colonel John A. Gorgas became the camp commander. Three companies were stationed at Frederick under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jacob M. Davis to guard the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
April 20 Major Enos R. Artman commanded the post at Monocacy Junction and sent out a patrol of Delaware cavalry that captured George Atzerodt, part of Booth’s team of assassins. Major Artman shared in the reward money.
April The seven companies at Annapolis were relieved by part of the 214th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and ordered to Washington, D.C. and duty in its northern defenses.
November 18 The 213th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment mustered out.