13th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment , was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 13th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was originally accepted for state service for one year and was organized at Indianapolis for the U . S . service by volunteers from the companies in camp . It was one of the first four regiments volunteering from the state for three years and was mustered in June 19 , 1861 . Attached to Rosecrans ' Brigade , McClellan ' s Army of West Virginia , July 1861 . 1st Brigade , Army of Occupation , West Virginia , to September , 1861 . Reynolds ' Cheat Mountain Brigade , West Virginia , to November , 1861 . Milroy ' s Command , Cheat Mountain District , W . Va . , to January , 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Landers ' Division , to March , 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Shields ' 2nd Division , Banks ' 5th Army Corps and Dept . of the Shenandoah to May , 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Shields ' Division , Dept . of the Rappahannock , to July , 1862 . Ferry ' s 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , 4th Army Corps , Army of the Potomac , to September , 1862 . Ferry ' s Brigade , Division at Suffolk , Va . , 7th Army Corps , Dept . of Virginia , September , 1862 . Foster ' s Provisional Brigade , Division at Suffolk , 7th Army Corps , to April , 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , 7th Army Corps , to July , 1863 . 1st Brigade , Vogdes ' Division , Folly Island , S . C . , 10th Army Corps , Dept . of the South , to January . 1864 . 1st Brigade , Vogdes Division , Folly Island , S . C . , Northern District , Dept . of the South , to February , 1864 . 1st Brigade , Vogdes ' Division , District of Florida , to April , 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , 10th Army Corps , Army of the James , Dept . of Virginia and North Carolina , to May , 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , 18th Army Corps , to June , 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , 10th Army Corps , to December , 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , 24th Army Corps , to January , 1865 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , Terry ' s Provisional Corps , Dept . of North Carolina , to March , 1865 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , 10th Army Corps , Dept . of North Carolina , to September , 1865 . Detailed service . Left State for West Virginia July 4 . Campaign in West Virginia July 7 – 17 , 1861 . Battle of Rich Mountain July 11 . Moved to Beverly July 13 , thence to Cheat Mountain Pass . Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11 – 17 . Cheat Mountain Pass September 12 . Greenbrier River October 3 – 4 . Scouting Expedition through the Kanawha District October 29 - November 7 . Expedition to Camp Baldwin December 11 – 14 . Action at Camp Allegheny December 13 . Moved to Green Springs Run December 18 , and duty there till March , 1862 . Skirmishes at Bath , Hancock , Great Cacapon Bridge , Alpine Station and Sir John ' s Run January 1 – 4 . Advance on Winchester , Va . , March 5 – 15 . Kernstown March 22 . Battle of Winchester March 23 . Occupation of Mt . Jackson April 17 . Summerville Heights May 7 . March to Fredericksburg May 12 – 21 , and return to Front Royal May 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Republic June 9 . Moved to the Peninsula , Va . , June 29 - July 2 . At Harrison ' s Landing till August 16 . Moved to Fortress Monroe August 16 – 23 , thence to Suffolk , Va . , August 30 , and duty there till June 27 , 1863 . Reconnaissance to Franklin on the Blackwater October 3 , 1862 . Franklin October 3 . Zuni Minor ' s Ford December 12 . Expedition toward Blackwater January 8 – 10 , 1863 . Action at Deserted House January 30 . Leesville April 4 . Siege of Suffolk April 12 - May 4 . Edenton , Providence Church and Somerton Roads April 13 . Suffolk April 17 . Edenton Road April 24 . Siege of Suffolk raised May 4 . Foster ' s Plantation May 20 . Dix ' s Peninsula Campaign June 24 - July 7 . Expedition from White House to South Anna Bridge July 1 – 7 . South Anna Bridge July 4 . Moved to Folly Island , S . C . , July 28 - August 3 . Siege operations against Fort Wagner , Morris Island and against Fort Sumpter and Charleston , S . C . , till February , 1864 . Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7 , 1863 . Stationed at Folly Island October , 1863 , to February , 1864 . Reenlisted December , 1863 . Moved to Jacksonville , Fla . , February 23 , 1864 , and duty there till April 17 . Ordered to Hilton Head , S . C . ; thence to Gloucester Point , Va . Butler ' s operations on Southside of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond , Va . , May 4 - 28 . Occupation of Bermuda Hundred May 5 . Port Walthal Junction May 6 – 7 . Swift Creek May 9 – 10 . Chester Station May 10 . Operations against Fort Darling May 12 – 16 . Battle of Drewry ' s Bluff May 14 – 16 . Bermuda Hundred May 16 – 28 . Moved to White House , thence to Cold Harbor May 28 - June 1 . Battles about Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 ; before Petersburg June 15 – 18 . Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 , 1864 , to December 6 , 1864 . Mine Explosion , Petersburg , July 30 , 1864 . Non - Veterans left front June 19 . Mustered out June 24 , 1864 . Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13 – 20 . Battle of Strawberry Plains August 14 – 18 . Chaffin ' s Farm , New Market Heights , September 28 – 30 . Battle of Fair Oaks October 27 – 28 . Detached duty at New York City during Election of 1864 November 4 – 17 . Expedition to Fort Fisher , N . C . , December 7 – 27 . 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher , N . C . , January 3 – 15 , 1865 . Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15 . Town Creek February 19 – 20 . Capture of Wilmington February 22 . Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26 . Advance on Goldsboro March 6 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 21 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at various points in North Carolina till September . Mustered out September 5 , 1865 . Casualties . The original strength of the regiment was 1 , 047 . Gain by recruits , 192 ; reenlistments , 148 ; unassigned recruits , 40 ; total , 1 , 427 . Loss by death , 136 ; desertion , 103 ; unaccounted for 25 . At its reorganization , the original strength was 980 . Gain by recruits , 166 ; total 1 , 146 . Loss by death , 98 ; desertion , 1 ; unaccounted for , 30 . The 13th I . V . I . lost during service 3 Officers and 104 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 146 Enlisted men by disease . Total 255