The 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment lost 3 officers and 67 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 220 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
December |
Began organization at Philadelphia and Harrisburg |
1862 |
April |
Completed organization |
April |
Ordered to Baltimore, Md. |
April |
Duty in the Defenses of Baltimore, attached to Defenses of Baltimore, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
September 24 |
Moved to Point of Rocks, Md. and guard duty on line of the Potomac between: Berlin and Edward's Ferry, and scouting in Loudoun and Jefferson Counties, Va. Attached to Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Corps |
1863 |
February 3 |
Ordered to join Milroy at Winchester, Va. Attached to Elliott's Brigade, Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Corps, then 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps |
February 25 |
Woodstock |
February 26 |
Strasburg Road and Woodstock (Cos. "G," "L") |
April 13 |
Cedar Creek |
April 20 |
Reconnaissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg |
April 22-29 |
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
April 22 and 26 |
Fisher's Hill, Strasburg Road |
April 25-30 |
Scout to Strasburg |
April 28 |
Strasburg |
April 29 |
Fairmont |
May 4-9 |
Scout in Hampshire County |
May 12-26 |
Operations about Front Royal Ford and Buck's Ford |
Station May 16 |
Piedmont (Detachment) |
June 12 |
Middletown and Newtown |
June 13-15 |
Battle of Winchester |
June 15 |
Retreat to Harper's Ferry and duty there |
June 30 |
Moved to Frederick, Md. |
July 8 |
To Boonsboro, and joined 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
July-August |
Scouting in Virginia |
August |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
September 2 |
Oak Shade |
September 4 |
Hazel River |
September 13-17 |
Advance to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper C. H. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 10 |
James City |
October 11 |
Near Warrenton |
October 12 |
Jeffersonton |
October 12-13 |
Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
October 14 |
St. Stephen's Church |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 15 |
Catlett's Station |
November 26-December 2. |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
New Hope Church |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
December 28-31 |
Scout from Vienna to White Plains |
1864 |
February 14 |
Brentsville |
February 28 |
Near Sprigg's Ford (Company L) |
March 6 |
Near Greenwich |
March 8 |
Scout to Brentsville |
March 9 |
Scout to Greenwich |
March 9 |
Near Greenwich |
March 11 |
Scout to Greenwich |
March 16 |
Bristoe Station |
March 28-29 |
Scout to Aldie and Middleburg |
April 9 |
Bristoe Station |
April 13 |
Near Nokesville |
April 15 |
Near Milford |
April 24 |
Near Middletown |
May-June |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 3 |
Temporarily attached to 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Strasburg (Detachment) |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26 |
Rejoined Brigade |
May 28 |
Haw's Shop |
May 30 |
Old Church |
May 31-June 1 |
Cold Harbor |
June 2 |
Sumner's Upper Bridge |
June 2-7 |
About Cold Harbor |
June 7-24 |
Sheridan's Trevillian Raid |
June 11-12 |
Trevillian Station |
June 21 |
White House and St. Peter's Church and Black Creek or Tunstall Station |
June 24 |
St. Mary's Church |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads |
July 1 |
Proctor's Hill |
July 12 |
Warwick Swamp |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of James River at Deep Bottom |
July 28 |
Malvern Hill |
July 30 |
Warwick Swamp |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north Of James River at Deep Bottom |
August 14 |
Gravel Hill |
August 14-15 |
White Oak Swamp |
August 16 |
Charles City Cross Roads |
August 16-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 23 |
Dinwiddie Road near Ream's Station |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 16 |
Coggin's Point and Fort Powhatan |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Grove Church |
September 29 |
Wyatt's Farm |
September 30-October 1 |
Arthur's Swamp |
October 11-12 |
Stony Creek |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road |
November 7 and November 28 |
Reconnaissance's toward Stony Creek |
December 1 |
Stony Creek Station |
December 8-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run |
December 8-9 |
Hatcher's Run |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
February 5 |
Rowanty Creek |
February 17 |
Ordered to Wilmington, N. C. |
March 6 |
Arived Wilmington, N. C. Attached to Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. North Carolina |
March 6-21 |
Advance on Goldsboro. Reported to Sherman at Fayetteville, N.C. and attached to 3rd Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi |
March 21 |
Occupation of Goldsboro |
April 10-13 |
Advance on Raleigh |
April 12 |
Near Raleigh |
April 13 |
Occupation of Raleigh. Received surrender of Artillery. |
April 26 |
Surrender of Johnston and his army at Bennett's House |
May-July |
Duty at Fayetteville and in Dept. of North Carolina |
July 14 |
Mustered out |
July 27 |
Discharged at Philadelphia |
