UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
13th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Mt. Pleasant and Barboursville October, 1862.
Attached to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the
Ohio, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 8th Army Corps,
Middle Dept., to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Scammon's Division,
Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, West Virginia, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division, West Virginia, to January, 1865. 1st Brigade,
1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 4th Provisional Division, West Virginia, to June,
1865.
- Service:
- Duty at Point Pleasant and Coalsmouth, W. Va., till
April, 1863. Hurricane Bridge March 28. Skirmish at Point
Pleasant March 30. Hurricane and Coal River till July.
Fayetteville May 20. Expedition to Piney in pursuit of Loring
July 5-14, and in pursuit of Morgan July 17-26. Duty at
Charleston and other points in the Kanawha Valley till May, 1864.
Crook's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle
of Cloyd's Mountain May 9.
New River Bridge and Cove Mountain May 10. Salt Pond Mountain
and Gap Mountain May 12-13. Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May
26-July 1. Lexington June 11. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat
to Charleston June 18-July 1. Buford's Gap June 19. About Salem
June 21. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July 12-15. Battle of
Kernstown-Winchester July 23-24. Martinsburg July 25.
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 6-November 28. Near
Charlestown, W. Va., August 21-22. Halltown August 26.
Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan, Winchester,
September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. At
Camp Russell and in the Shenandoah Valley till December.
Kablestown November 18. At Cumberland, Md., till April, 1865.
At Winchester and Staunton till June. Mustered out June 22,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 57 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 108 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 170.
- Soldiers:
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