13th Virginia Infantry Regiment

the Confederate regiment the Union regiment 13th West Virginia Infantry Regiment the Continental Army regiment 13th Virginia Regiment 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment Flag of Virginia (1861–1865).svg 150 Flag of Virginia, 1861 Summer 1861 – Spring 1865 Confederacy CSA Confederate States of America CSA Infantry American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run Battle of Cross Keys Battle of Port Republic Seven Days' Battles Battle of Cedar Mountain Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Valley Campaigns of 1864 April 1865 Colonel A.P. HillColonel James A. Walker thumb|right|Private Richard F. Bernard of Co. A, 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment The 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in central and western Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.Riggs David F. 13th Virginia Infantry, The Virginia Regimental History Series 1988 H. E. Howard Inc. Lynchburg, VA Its commanders were Colonels George A. Goodman, Ambrose P. Hill, James B. Terrill, and James A. Walker; and Majors Charles T. Crittenden and John B. Sherrard. + Sortable table CompanyNickname Recruited atCommanding Officers A Montpelier Guard Orange CountyChamp G. Cooke, George Cullen, Benjamin F. Naile Weisiger B Culpeper Minute Men Culpeper CountyCharles T. Crittenden, Williamson G. George, Waller T. Patton, Zephaniah T. Ross C Gordonsville Grays Orange CountyGeorge A. Goodman, Charles H. Richards, William C. Scott D Louisa Blues Louisa CountyJohn W. Hibbs, Henry W. Murray, Frank V. Winston E Culpeper RiflemenBrandy Rifles Culpeper CountyStockton Heth, William A. Ashby, John L. Brooks, Daniel Field F Barboursville Guards Orange CountyAndrew J. Eheart, Charles L. Graves, Conway Newman, William S. Parran G Lanier Guard MarylandFrank T. Hill, Alexander G. Taliaferro H Fort Loudoun GuardsWinchester Boomerangs WinchesterFrederick CountySamuel D. Buck, William H. Harrison, Lewis N. Huck, William H. Sherer I Frontier RiflesHampshire GuardHampshire CountyJob N. Cookus, Abraham Smith, Robert White, Felix Heiskell, John B. Sherrard The 13th Virginia completed its organization during the summer of 1861 with men from Winchester and Culpeper, Orange, Louisa, and Hampshire counties, and one company from Maryland.Mountaineers of the Blue and Gray, The Civil War and West Virginia, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd Univ., 2008, CD-Rom The original Companies B and E enlisted only for 6 months, the others for one year. At the end of that year, their service was extended for the duration of the war. thumb|left|Kennedy Palmer, Co. H. 13th Va. Inft., 1861 After fighting at First Manassas and in Jackson's Valley Campaign, it served in General Early's, W.Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade. The 13th was prominent in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then it moved with Gen. Jubal Early to the Shenandoah Valley and later was involved in the Appomattox operations. It reported 16 casualties at Cross Keys and Port Republic, 111 at Gaines Mill, 34 at Cedar Mountain, 46 at Second Manassas, 22 at Fredericksburg, and 36 at Chancellorsville. During the Gettysburg campaign it was left at Winchester as provost guard. The unit sustained heavy losses at the Battle of Cedar Creek and surrendered at Appomattox Court House with 10 officers and 52 men. See also American Civil War List of Virginia Civil War units List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate units Notes References http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System National Park Service Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia Category:Hampshire County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War Category:1861 establishments in Virginia Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:1865 disestablishments in Virginia Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865