13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | October 17, 1861 –November 24, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Colonel | Maurice Maloney |
Colonel | William P. Lyon |
Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1]
The 13th Wisconsin was raised at Janesville, Wisconsin, and mustered into federal service October 17, 1861. [2]
March to Fort Scott, Kansas, March 1–7, 1862, and duty there till March 26. Ordered to Lawrence, Kansas, March 26, thence to Fort Riley April 20 and to Fort Leavenworth May 27. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Columbus, Ky., May 29-June 2. Guard duty along Mobile & Ohio Railroad from Columbus, Ky., to Corinth, Miss., till August. Moved to Fort Henry, Tenn., thence to Fort Donelson, Tenn., September 2 and garrison duty there till November 11. Expedition to Clarksville September 5–10. Action at Rickett's Hill, Clarksville, September 7. Hopkinsville, Ky., November 6. Moved to Fort Henry November 11, and duty there as garrison and guarding supply steamers between the Fort and Hamburg Landing till February 3, 1863. Moved to relief of Fort Donelson February 3. Duty at Fort Donelson till August 27. March to Stevenson, Ala., August 27-September 14 and duty there guarding supplies till October. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till February, 1864. Veterans on furlough February–March. Return to Nashville March 28. Garrison duty and guarding railroad trains from Louisville to Chattanooga till April 26. Guard duty along Tennessee River between Stevenson and Decatur till June. Moved to Claysville, Ala., June 4. Picket and patrol duty along Tennessee River till September. Scout from Gunter's Landing to Warrenton July 11 (Co. "C"). March to Woodville, thence to Huntsville, Ala., and guard Memphis & Charleston Railroad from Huntsville to Stevenson, Ala., with headquarters at Brownsboro till November. Repulse of Hood's attack on Decatur, October 26–29. At Stevenson till December. At Huntsville till March, 1865. Paint Rock Ridge December 31, 1864 (Co. "G"). Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville, Tenn., till June. Ordered to New Orleans June 16, thence to Indianola, Texas, July 12. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio, Texas, till November. [2]
The regiment was mustered out on November 24, 1865, at San Antonio, Texas. [3]
Company | Earliest Moniker | Primary Place of Recruitment | Company Commanders |
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A | Ruger Guards | Cities of Janesville and Plymouth, Rock County, and Sheboygan County | - Edward Ruger (promoted to Adjutant) - Samuel C. Cobb |
B | Janesville City Zouaves | Rock County and Vernon County | - Edwin E. Woodman - Jason W. Hall |
C | State Line Rifles | Walworth County and Boone, Illinois | - Augustus H. Kummel (promoted to Ordinance Officer) - John T. Fish |
D | Union Light Guards | Rock County | - Edgar W. Blake - Cyrus E. Patchin |
E | Green County Guards | Green County, Rock County and Milwaukee County | - Robert H. Hewitt - Lemuel Parker |
F | Janesville Rangers | Rock County | - Fenton F. Stevens - Samuel S. Hart - Jerome W. Briggs |
G | Orfordville Volunteers | Pierce County, Rock County, Green County, and Green Lake County | - Thomas O. Bigney |
H | Lander Guards | Jefferson County and Rock County | - Joseph L. Pratt - Charles S. Noyes - Edgard J. Pratt |
I | Walworth County Plow Boys | Walworth County and Jefferson County | - Julius H. Lauderdale - Newton H. Kingman |
K | Tredway Rifles | Rock County and Milwaukee County | - Pliny Norcross - George W. Steel |
The 13th Wisconsin suffered 5 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 188 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 193 fatalities. [5]