13th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 13th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 13th Michigan Infantry was organized at Kalamazoo , Michigan and mustered into service for three years enlistment on January 17 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Charles Edward Stuart . The regiment was attached to 15th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 20th Brigade , 6th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 20th Brigade , 6th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XXI Corps , to April 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XXI Corps , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to November 1863 . Engineer Brigade , Department of the Cumberland , to October 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to July 1865 . The 13th Michigan Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 25 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Michigan for Nashville , Tenn . , February 12 . March from Nashville , Tenn . , to Savannah , Tenn . , to reinforce the Army of the Tennessee , March 29 - April 7 , 1862 . Battle of Shiloh , April 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville June 1 – 12 . Buell ' s operations in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee on line of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad June to August . Duty at Stevenson , Ala . , July 18 to August 31 building forts and stockades and guarding the railroad . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 31 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg to Wild Cat , Ky . , October 1 – 16 . Battle of Perryville , October 8 ( reserve ) . Nelson ' s Cross Roads October 18 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 . Duty at Nashville , Tenn . , until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . At Hillsboro , Tenn . , until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Expedition from Tracy City to Tennessee River August 22 – 24 ( detachment ) . Occupation of Chattanooga September 9 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 17 – 18 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Battles of Chattanooga November 23 – 25 . Stationed on the Chickamauga ; engaged in picket duty and cutting timber for warehouses in Chattanooga until February 17 , 1864 . Engineer duty at Chattanooga and stationed at Lookout Mountain constructing military hospitals until September 1864 . Relieved from engineer duty and pursuit of Forrest into northern Alabama September 25 - October 17 . Joined Sherman ' s army at Kingston , Ga . , November 7 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Skirmishes at Dalton , Ga . , November 30 and December 5 ( detachments ) . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Averysboro , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 19 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 9 – 15 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 388 men during service ; 4 officers and 68 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 314 enlisted men died of disease .