13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Flag of the 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Active October, 1862 to June 22, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
Second Battle of Kernstown
Battle of Opequon
Battle of Cedar Creek

The 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 13th West Virginia was organized at Pt. Pleasant and Barboursville in western Virginia in October, 1862.

The 13th West Virginia was mustered out on June 22, 1865.

Casualties

The 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered four Officers and 57 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, and one officer and 108 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 170 fatalities.

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