The 13th Alabama mustered 1,245 men during the Civil War, of whom nearly 150 died in battle and about 275 of disease.
1861 |
July |
Organized at Montgomery under Colonel Birkett D. Fry |
1862 |
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Moved to Virginia, attached to Rains' Brigade at Yorktown |
May 31-
June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines
The regiment lost 7 killed and 45 wounded, incuding Colonel Fry, who was wounded |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville
Captain John D. Clarke was killed |
June 27 - 28 |
First Battle of Cold Harbor, or Gaines' Mill
Lost 4 killed and 40 wounded |
July 1-5 |
Battle of Malvern Hill
The regiment lost 10 killed and 47 wounded |
September 15 |
Battle of Boonesboro
Became part of Archer's Brigade |
September 17 |
Battles of Sharpsburg (Antietam)
Colonel Fry was wounded and Adjutanat John Rentz killed |
December 13 |
Batte of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
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The regiment joined General Archer's Brigade |
May 1-4 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The regiment lost 13 killed and 127 wounded out of of 460 men, including Colonel Fry and Lt. Colonel Aiken, who were wounded, and Major John T. Smith, Adjutant T. W. S. Hendon and Lieutenant John J. Pendergrass, who wee killed |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment lost of the 308 men engaged, including Colonel Fry , who was wounded and captured, but later exchanged |
October 14 |
Battle of Bristoe Station
The regiment lost 2 killed and 4 wounded, including Lieutenants Colonel Aiken, who was wounded, and David R. Staggers, who was killed |
1864 |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Adjutant L. P. Broughton was killed |
May 24 |
Colonel Fry promoted to brigadier general; Lt. Colonel James Aiken becomes colonel. |
May 8-18 |
Battle of Spottsylvania |
June 3 |
Second Battle of Cold Harbor
Capt. John D.Clarke was killed |
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Petersburg
Attached to brigade of General C. C. Sandes, later Forney's Brigade |
1862 |
January 9 |
Transferred to Sander's Brigade, Mahone's Division |
April 9, 1865 |
Surrendered 6 officers and 85 men at Appomattox under Colonel Aiken |
