{"history":[],"article":{"id":"610c3510-baee-4113-a06d-a836883bc317","title":"13th Iowa Infantry Regiment","slug":"13th-iowa-infantry-regiment","content":":::summary\n![Iowa state flag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Flag///of///Iowa.svg)\n**Unit Name:** 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment \n**Image Size:** 100 \n**Dates:** October 18, 1861, to July 21, 1865 \n**Country:** [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states) \n**Allegiance:** [Union](https://bliptext.com/articles/union-american-civil-war) \n**Branch:** [Infantry](https://bliptext.com/articles/infantry) \n**Battles:** [Battle of Shiloh](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-shiloh)
[Battle of Corinth](https://bliptext.com/articles/second-battle-of-corinth)
[Battle of Port Gibson](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-port-gibson)
[Battle of Raymond](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-raymond)
[Battle of Champion's Hill](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-champion-s-hill)
[Battle of Big Black River](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-big-black-river)
[Siege of Vicksburg](https://bliptext.com/articles/siege-of-vicksburg)
[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-kennesaw-mountain)
[Battle of Atlanta](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-atlanta)
[Battle of Ezra Church](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-ezra-church)
[Battle of Jonesboro](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-jonesboro)
[March to the Sea](https://bliptext.com/articles/sherman-s-march-to-the-sea)
[Battle of Bentonville](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-bentonville) \n:::\n\n# \nThe **13th Iowa Infantry Regiment** was an [infantry](https://bliptext.com/articles/infantry) [regiment](https://bliptext.com/articles/regiment) that served in the [Union Army](https://bliptext.com/articles/union-army) during the [American Civil War](https://bliptext.com/articles/american-civil-war).\n\n# Service\nThe 13th Iowa Infantry was organized at [Davenport, Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/davenport-iowa), and mustered in for three years of Federal service between October 18 and November 2, 1861.\nIts troops came primarily from the Iowa counties of Linn, Jasper, Marion, Lucas, Keokuk, Scott, Polk, Benton, Marshall and Washington.\nThe regiment was mustered out on July 21, 1865.\n\n# Iowa Brigade\nAfter the battle of Shiloh, the Thirteenth Iowa was assigned to the Third Brigade of the Sixth Division.\nThe brigade was composed of the [Eleventh](https://bliptext.com/articles/11th-iowa-volunteer-infantry-regiment), Thirteenth, [Fifteenth](https://bliptext.com/articles/15th-iowa-volunteer-infantry-regiment) and [Sixteenth](https://bliptext.com/articles/16th-iowa-volunteer-infantry-regiment) regiments of Iowa Infantry, and was under command of [Colonel Crocker](https://bliptext.com/articles/marcellus-m-crocker).\nThis organization remained intact until the close of the war.\nExcept 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.\n# [13th Iowa Infantry Regiment | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Crockers///Brigade.jpg]\n\n# Capture of Columbia\n# [Raising the Stars and Stipes, Columbia, SC | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Capture-columbia-south-carolina.jpg]\n\n# Total strength and casualties\nThe 13th Iowa mustered 1788 men at one time or another during its existence.\nIt 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.\n\n# Commanders","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T09:37:40.888Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T09:37:40.888Z","search_vector":"'13th':1 'infantri':3 'iowa':2 'regiment':4","search_content":" \n \n**Unit Name:** 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment \n**Image Size:** 100 \n**Dates:** October 18, 1861, to July 21, 1865 \n**Country:** [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states) \n**Allegiance:** [Union](https://bliptext.com/articles/union-american-civil-war) \n**Branch:** [Infantry](https://bliptext.com/articles/infantry) \n**Battles:** [Battle of Shiloh](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-shiloh) [Battle of Corinth](https://bliptext.com/articles/second-battle-of-corinth) [Battle of Port Gibson](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-port-gibson) [Battle of Raymond](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-raymond) [Battle of Champion's Hill](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-champion-s-hill) [Battle of Big Black River](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-big-black-river) [Siege of Vicksburg](https://bliptext.com/articles/siege-of-vicksburg) [Battle of Kennesaw Mountain](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-kennesaw-mountain) [Battle of Atlanta](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-atlanta) [Battle of Ezra Church](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-ezra-church) [Battle of Jonesboro](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-jonesboro) [March to the Sea](https://bliptext.com/articles/sherman-s-march-to-the-sea) [Battle of Bentonville](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-bentonville) \n \n\n# \nThe **13th Iowa Infantry Regiment** was an [infantry](https://bliptext.com/articles/infantry) [regiment](https://bliptext.com/articles/regiment) that served in the [Union Army](https://bliptext.com/articles/union-army) during the [American Civil War](https://bliptext.com/articles/american-civil-war).\n\n# Service\nThe 13th Iowa Infantry was organized at [Davenport, Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/davenport-iowa), and mustered in for three years of Federal service between October 18 and November 2, 1861.\nIts troops came primarily from the Iowa counties of Linn, Jasper, Marion, Lucas, Keokuk, Scott, Polk, Benton, Marshall and Washington.\nThe regiment was mustered out on July 21, 1865.\n\n# Iowa Brigade\nAfter the battle of Shiloh, the Thirteenth Iowa was assigned to the Third Brigade of the Sixth Division.\nThe brigade was composed of the [Eleventh](https://bliptext.com/articles/11th-iowa-volunteer-infantry-regiment), Thirteenth, [Fifteenth](https://bliptext.com/articles/15th-iowa-volunteer-infantry-regiment) and [Sixteenth](https://bliptext.com/articles/16th-iowa-volunteer-infantry-regiment) regiments of Iowa Infantry, and was under command of [Colonel Crocker](https://bliptext.com/articles/marcellus-m-crocker).\nThis organization remained intact until the close of the war.\nExcept 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.\n# [13th Iowa Infantry Regiment | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Crockers///Brigade.jpg]\n\n# Capture of Columbia\n# [Raising the Stars and Stipes, Columbia, SC | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Capture-columbia-south-carolina.jpg]\n\n# Total strength and casualties\nThe 13th Iowa mustered 1788 men at one time or another during its existence.\nIt 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.\n\n# Commanders","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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