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13th Tennessee History

The following document is a history of the 13th Tennessee written by the late David Rydin who organized this re-enacting group.

13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment history by David Rydin

The following information has been taken from:

COMPENDIUM OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES: TENNESSEE
Copyright @ 1992 by Stewart Sifakis

Organization:

Organized at Jackson, on June 4, 1861. Transferred to Confederate service at New Madrid, Missouri, on August 14, 1861. Reorganized on April 28, 1862. Field consolidation with the 154th Senior Infantry Regiment from March 1, 1863, to April 9, 1865. Consolidated with the 11th, 12th Consolidated, 29th, 47th, 5Oth Consolidated, 51st Reorganized, 52nd Reorganized and 154th Senior Infantry Regiments at Smithfield, North Carolina, on April 9, 1865.
 

First Commander:

John V. Wright (Colonel)
 

Field Officers:

Peter H. Cole (Major)
William J. Crook (Major)
Beverly L. Dyer (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
William E. Morgan (Lieutenant Colonel)
Robert W. Pittman (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr. (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
William E. Winfield (Major)

Assignments:

Snead's River Brigade, Provisional Army of Tennessee (June-July 1861)
McCown's Brigade, Department #2 (July-September 1861 )
Russell's Brigade, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2 (September-October 1861)
Walker's Brigade, Pillow's Division, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2 (October 1861-March 1862)
Russell's Brigade, 1st Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March 1862)
Russell's Brigade, Clark's Division, 1st Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March 1862)
Russell's-Smith's-Johnson's-Russell's Brigade, Clark's Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March-July 1862)
Smith's-Russell's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (July-August 1862)
Smith's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (August 1862)
Smith's Brigade, Cleburne's-Vaughan's Division, Army of Kentucky, Department #2 (August-October 1862)
Smith's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (October-November 1862)
Smith's-Vaughan's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1862-November 1863)
Vaughan's Brigade, Hindman's Division, 2ndCorps, Army of Tennessee (November 1863-February 1864)
Vaughan's-Gordon's Brigade, Cheatham's-Brown's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (February 1864-April 1865)
 

Battles:

Belmont (November 7, 1861)
Shiloh (April 6- 7, 1862)
Corinth Campaign (April-June 1862)
Richmond, Kentucky (August 29-30, 1862)
Perryville (October 8, 1862)
Murfreesboro (December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863)
Tullahoma Campaign (June 1863)
Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863)
Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863)
Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863)
Atlanta Campaign (May-September 1864)
New Hope Church (May 25-June 4, 1864)
Kennesaw Mountain (June 27, 1864)
Peach Tree Creek (July 20, 1864)
Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Atlanta Siege (July-September 1864)
Jonesboro (August 31-September 1, 1864)
Franklin (November 30, 1864)
Nashville (December 15-16, 1864)
Carolinas Campaign (February-ApriI1865)
Bentonville (March 19-21, 1865)
 

Further Reading:

Vaughan, Alfred J. Personal Recollections of the Thirteenth Regiment Tennessee Infantry by Its Old Commander.