13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an
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that served in the Union Army during the
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Service

The 13th Iowa Infantry was organized at
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, and mustered in for three years of Federal service between October 18 and November 2, 1861. Its troops came primarily from the Iowa counties of Linn, Jasper, Marion, Lucas, Keokuk, Scott, Polk, Benton, Marshall and Washington. The regiment was mustered out on July 21, 1865.


Iowa Brigade

After the battle of Shiloh, the Thirteenth Iowa was assigned to the Third Brigade of the Sixth Division. The brigade was composed of the
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and Sixteenth regiments of Iowa Infantry, and was under command of Colonel Crocker. This organization remained intact until the close of the war. Except when upon detached duty, the operations of each of the regiments were identified very largely with those of the brigade, and, therefore, the history of each of these four Iowa regiments is almost inseparably interwoven with that of the brigade.


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Total strength and casualties

The 13th Iowa mustered 1788 men at one time or another during its existence. It suffered 5 officers and 114 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 205 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 328 fatalities.


Commanders

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Marcellus M. Crocker * Colonel John Shane * Colonel James Wilson * Colonel Justin C. KennedyRood,H.H. (1889) ''History of Company "A" Thirteenth Iowa Veteran Infantry from September 12, 1861, to July 21, 1865.'' Cedar Rapids, IA: Daily Republican Printing and Binding House


See also

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List of Iowa Civil War Units This is a list of American Civil War units from Iowa which fought in the Union Army. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four artillery batteries were raised from Iowa. Infantry * 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment * 1st Iowa I ...
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Iowa in the American Civil War The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, troops and officers for the Union army. Prelude to war Iowa had become the 29th state in the Union on December 28, 1846. Settlers had defea ...


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References


The Civil War Archive
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