13th New Jersey Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N.J., and mustered in August 25, 1862. Left State for Washington. D.C., August 31, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Camp near Fort Richardson, on Arlington Heights, Va., September 2, 1862.

• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • Expedition beyond Rockville, Md., September 6-9
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland

At Maryland Heights September 23-October 30. Picket duty near Sharpsburg, Md., October 30-December 10. March to Fairfax Station, Va., December 10-16, and duty there until December 26. Picket duty on the Occoquan January 4-20. "Mud March" January 20-24. At Fairfax Station until April 27.

• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Pursuit of Leo to Manassas Gap, Va.. July 5-24. Picket duty at Kelly's Ford July 31-August 15, and at Raccoon Ford to September 24. Movement to Stevenson, Ala., September 24-October 4 Guard Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until April, 1864.

• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
  • New Hope Church May 25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Kolb's Farm June 22.
  • Assault on Kennesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-21.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2
• September 2-November 15 - Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • Sandersville November 26.
  • Monteith Swamp December 9.
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Brigade train guard January 17-27.
  • Division train guard to February 10.
  • Occupation of Columbia February 16-17.
  • Occupation of Fayetteville, N. C., March 11.
  • Averysboro March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Mustered out near Washington, D.C., June 8, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 3. Officers and 71 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 44 Enlisted men by disease. Total 118.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 761, 827, 834, 904, 905, 916, 1362)