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13th Virginia Infantry Regiment

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13th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveSummer 1861 – Spring 1865
DisbandedApril 1865
CountryConfederacy
AllegianceConfederate States of America Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel A.P. Hill
Colonel James A. Walker
Private Richard F. Bernard of Co. A, 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment

The 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in central and western Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.[1]

Its commanders were Colonels George A. Goodman, Ambrose P. Hill, James B. Terrill, and James A. Walker; and Majors Charles T. Crittenden and John B. Sherrard.

Sortable table
Company Nickname Recruited at Commanding Officers
A Montpelier Guard Orange County Champ G. Cooke, George Cullen, Benjamin F. Naile Weisiger
B Culpeper Minute Men Culpeper County Charles T. Crittenden, Williamson G. George, Waller T. Patton, Zephaniah T. Ross
C Gordonsville Grays Orange County George A. Goodman, Charles H. Richards, William C. Scott
D Louisa Blues Louisa County John W. Hibbs, Henry W. Murray, Frank V. Winston
E Culpeper Riflemen
Brandy Rifles
Culpeper County Stockton Heth, William A. Ashby, John L. Brooks, Daniel Field
F Barboursville Guards Orange County Andrew J. Eheart, Charles L. Graves, Conway Newman, William S. Parran
G Lanier Guard Maryland Frank T. Hill, Alexander G. Taliaferro
H Fort Loudoun Guards
Winchester Boomerangs
Winchester
Frederick County
Samuel D. Buck, William H. Harrison, Lewis N. Huck, William H. Sherer
I Frontier Rifles
Hampshire Guard
Hampshire County Job N. Cookus, Abraham Smith, Robert White, Felix Heiskell, John B. Sherrard

The 13th Virginia completed its organization during the summer of 1861 with men from Winchester and Culpeper, Orange, Louisa, and Hampshire counties, and one company from Maryland.[2] The original Companies B and E enlisted only for 6 months, the others for one year. At the end of that year, their service was extended for the duration of the war.

Kennedy Palmer, Co. H. 13th Va. Inft., 1861

After fighting at First Manassas and in Jackson's Valley Campaign, it served in General Early's, W.Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade. The 13th was prominent in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then it moved with Gen. Jubal Early to the Shenandoah Valley and later was involved in the Appomattox operations.

It reported 16 casualties at Cross Keys and Port Republic, 111 at Gaines Mill, 34 at Cedar Mountain, 46 at Second Manassas, 22 at Fredericksburg, and 36 at Chancellorsville. During the Gettysburg Campaign it was left at Winchester as provost guard. The unit sustained heavy losses at the Battle of Cedar Creek and surrendered at Appomattox Court House with 10 officers and 52 men.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Riggs, David F. (1988). 13th Virginia Infantry, The Virginia Regimental History Series. Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard Inc.
  2. ^ Mountaineers of the Blue and Gray, The Civil War and West Virginia, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd Univ., 2008, CD-Rom

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