SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1156
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Friday, October 5, 2018
13th Indiana Cavalry
Organized at Indianapolis, Kokomo and New Albany, Ind.,
December 23, 1863, to April 29, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., April
30, 1864. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military
Division Mississippi, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
Military Division West Mississippi, to May, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to
November, 1865.
SERVICE. — Duty at Nashville, Tenn., till May 31, 1864.
Moved to Huntsville, Ala., May 31, and Garrison duty there till November.
Repulse of Buford's attack on Huntsville September 30-October 1. Companies
"A," "C," "D," "F," "H" and
"I" moved to Louisville, Ky., October 16, to draw horses and
equipment; thence moved to defence of Paducah, Ky. Duty at Paducah till
November 1. Moved to Louisville, Ky.; thence to Nashville, Tenn., and to
Lavergne November 30. To Murfreesboro December 1. Owens' Cross Roads December
1. Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-12. Murfreesboro December 8-9 and 13-14.
Near Paint Rock Bridge, Ala., December 7 (Detachment). Moved to Nashville
December 19. Companies "B," "E," "G,"
"K" and "L" participated in the Siege of Decatur, Ala.,
October 26-29. Battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16, Hillsboro December
29 and Leighton December 30. Regiment moved to Vicksburg, Miss.; thence to New
Orleans, La., and to Mobile Bay February 11-March 23, 1865. Campaign against
Mobile and its defences March 23-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakely March 26-April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. Grierson's Raid through
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi April 17-May 22. Garrison duty in Dept. of
Mississippi till November. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., November 18, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 14 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 125 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 142.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1110
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