CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
13th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
- Overview:
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13th Infantry Regiment, organized at Jackson, Tennessee, in June, 1861, contained men from
Dyer, Fayette, Shelby, Gibson, McNairy, and Chester counties. It participated in the battles at
Belmont, Shiloh, Richmond, and Perryville, then was assigned to
P.Smith's, Vaughan's, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. During March, 1863, it was
consolidated with the 154th (Senoir) Regiment. In November, 1862, the unit suffered from an
outbreak of smallpox but recovered in time to fight at Murfreesboro. It went on to serve
with the army from Chickamauga
to Atlanta. Then it
returned to Tennessee with Hood and was active in North Carolina. The
regiment sustained 149 casualties at Belmont, 137 at Shiloh, and 48 at Richmond. Of the 252
engaged at Murfreesboro, forty-four percent were disabled. In December, 1863, the 13th/154th
totalled 428 men and 263 arms. Few were included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels R. W. Pitman, Alfred J. Vaughan, and John V. Wright; Lieutenant
Colonels Beverly L. Dyer, William E. Morgan, and W.E. Winfield; and Majors Peter H. Cole and
William J. Crook.
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