13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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ActiveOctober 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

The 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1]

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Service

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]

13th Wisconsin Company Organization< [4]
CompanyEarliest MonikerPrimary Place of RecruitmentCompany Commanders
ARuger GuardsCities of Janesville and Plymouth, Rock County, and Sheboygan County - Edward Ruger (promoted to Adjutant)

- Samuel C. Cobb

BJanesville City ZouavesRock County and Vernon County- Edwin E. Woodman

- Jason W. Hall

CState Line RiflesWalworth County and Boone, Illinois- Augustus H. Kummel (promoted to Ordinance Officer)

- John T. Fish

DUnion Light GuardsRock County- Edgar W. Blake

- Cyrus E. Patchin

EGreen County GuardsGreen County, Rock County and Milwaukee County- Robert H. Hewitt

- Lemuel Parker

FJanesville RangersRock County- Fenton F. Stevens

- Samuel S. Hart - Jerome W. Briggs

GOrfordville VolunteersPierce County, Rock County, Green County, and Green Lake County- Thomas O. Bigney

- Archibald N. Randall

HLander GuardsJefferson County and Rock County- Joseph L. Pratt

- Charles S. Noyes - Edgard J. Pratt

IWalworth County Plow BoysWalworth County and Jefferson County- Julius H. Lauderdale

- Newton H. Kingman

KTredway RiflesRock County and Milwaukee County- Pliny Norcross

- George W. Steel

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. [5]

Colonels

Notable members

See also

References

Citations

Sources

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