13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin.svg
ActiveOctober 17, 1861 November 24, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements American Civil War
Capture of New Orleans
Battle of Nashville
Knoxville campaign
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.

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Service

The 13th Wisconsin was raised at Janesville, Wisconsin, and mustered into federal service October 17, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on November 24, 1865, at San Antonio, Texas.

Casualties

Graves markers for over a dozen members of the 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry who died of typhoid in 1862, at Pioneer Cemetery in Lawrence, KS (2018). Pioneer Cemetery, again (Lawrence, KS).jpg
Graves markers for over a dozen members of the 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry who died of typhoid in 1862, at Pioneer Cemetery in Lawrence, KS (2018).

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. [1]

Colonels

Notable members

See also

Notes

  1. Civil War Archive

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