13th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
1st Rifles (42nd Volunteers "Bucktails")
Organized at Harrisburg June 21, 1861. Moved to a point opposite Cumberland, Md., June 22; thence into West Virginia in support of Lew Wallace. Duty on State line until July 27. Ordered to Harper's Ferry August 1. Assigned to George H. Thomas' Brigade, Banks' Division, and duty at Harper's Ferry until October. Moved to Tennallytown, Md., October 1. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. (Cos. "C," "G," "H" and "I" detached May 12, 1862, and attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to August, 1862.) 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserve Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.--Moved from Tennallytown, Md., to Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., October 10, 1861, and duty there until March, 1862. Expedition to Hunter's Mills October 20, 1861 (Cos. "A," "G," "H," "I" and "K"). Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6. Action at Dranesville December 20. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg until June.
(Cos. "C," "G," "H" and "I" reported to Colonel Bayard May 15, 1862. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley May 25-June 6. Harrisonburg June 1. Strasburg June 2. Strasburg and Staunton Road June 2. Woodstock June 3. Mount Jackson June 3. Harrisonburg June 6-7. Cross Keys June 8. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Catlett's Station August 22. Bull Run Bridge August 30-31. Rejoined Regiment September 7, 1862.)
- Regiment moved to White House June 9-12.
- June ?-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 26, 1862 -
Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
- Meadow Bridge, near Mechanicsville, June 26;
- June 27, 1862 -
Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
- June 29, 1862 -
Engagement at Savage's Station, Virginia
- June 30, 1862 -
Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
- July 1, 1862 -
Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
- June 26, 1862 -
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
Duty in Maryland until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D.C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria until June 25. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field.
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
[1]- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on the Rapidan until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad until April, 1864.
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 22-26, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
- May 26-28, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
- May 5-7, 1864 -
- June 1, 1864 - Veterans and Recruits transferred to 190th Pennsylvania Infantry
- Non-veterans left front
- June 11, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service
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Notes
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 760, 761, 827, 902, 903, 904, 932, 933, 934, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 1583)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 13)
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