13th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

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Brief History

The 13th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and mustered in from November 25, 1861 to January 7th, 1862.  This regiment was finally mustered out the 25th of April 1866 at Fort Pulaski, Georgia and was disbanded on the 4th of May, 1865, at Hart's Island, New York Harbor.

For more information on the 13th Regiment Infantry and its history, see:

• Regimental History - Sprague, Homer B., The 13th Infantry Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers During the Great Rebellion, (Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Co., 1867). Available online at Google Books.  Also available at the Family History Library, FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082929, or FHL US/CAN Film 1486472.

Companies in this Regiment

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded.  This regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut.

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company D

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

Company Rosters 

• Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864, (Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood, 1864), page 463.  Available Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library, FHL US/CAN Book 974.6 M2a, or FHL US/CAN Film 1550802.

• Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &c., &c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), page 535. Includes index.  Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library, FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082887. or FHL US/CAN Film 1033670 Item 1.

Source Material

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 2 Apr 2011), can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book,Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua, FHL Collection, WorldCat, (accessed 2 Apr 2011).

• Footnote.com, (accessed 2 Apr 2011).  (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).

• The Civil War in the East, (accessed 9 Mar 2011).  Timeline of the 13th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

• The Stamford Historical Society, (accessed 9 Mar 2011).   History and Roster
  

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