The 13th Brooklyn Regiment lost 1 officer and 22 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 26 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
November 14 |
Organized at Brooklyn, N.Y. The nucleus was the 13th New York State Militia, and it included men from several other incomplete organizations |
November 20 |
Mustered in for three years Federal service under Colonel Stephen Dodge, Lieutenant Colonel Richard A. Bachia and Major George B. Bosworth. |
December 2 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac for duty in the Dept. of Washington. |
1862 |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 17 |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Va. |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
April 11 |
Skirmish at Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
The regiment lost 11 men killed, 5 men mortally wounded, 5 officers and 48 men wounded and 7 missing. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 5 men killed, 3men mortally wounded and 30 men wounded. |
June 25 |
Battle of Oak Grove |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe and then to Centreville and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
The regiment lost 1 officer and 3 men killed, 5 man mortally wounded, 6 men wounded and 7 officers and 68 men missing. |
August 27 |
Action at Bristoe Station or Kettle Run; Buckland's Bridge, Broad Run |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
September 6 |
Due to the regiment's heavy casualties, the men of the regiment were consolidated with the 40th Regiment New York Infantry. The officers of the 87th were mustered out. |
September 11 |
The newly recruited Company B under Captain Dobbs was transferred to 173rd New York Infantry |
