13th Alabama Infantry Regiment

The 13th Alabama mustered 1,245 men, of whom nearly 150 died in battle and about 275 of disease.

 

Timeline of the 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment

July 1861

Organized at Montgomery under Colonel Birkett D. Fry

 

Proceded 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

 

The regiment joins 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, wh was wounded, and David R. Staggers, who was killed

May 5-7, 1864

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

 

Petersburg

Attached to brigade of General C. C. Sandes, later Forney's Brigade

January 9, 1865

Transferred to Sander's Brigade, Mahone's Division

April 9, 1865

Surrendered 6 officers and 85 men at Appomattox under Colonel Aiken

 

Sources:

Busey and Martin, Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg
Crute, Units of the Confederate States Army

Official Records of the War of the Rebellion