13th Wisconsin
Light Artillery Battery Regiment
RosterAssignments for 13th Light Artillery Battery- Organized on Dec 29 1863 at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, WI
- Enlistment term: 3 years
- Mustered out on Jul 20 1865 at Baton Rouge, LA
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 174
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 14
- Disabled: 16
- Deserted: 10
- Discharged: 9
- Mustered out: 111
- Transferred out: 3
Historical notes and Reports:
Thirteenth Light Battery
WISCONSIN
(3-YEARS)
Thirteenth Light Battery. -- Capt., Richard R. Griffith; First Lieuts., George L. Cross, Alfred E. Chaffee, William W. Perrine, William M. Bristol; Second Lieuts., William W. Perrine, William M. Bristol, Frank Fox, David Kinder.
This battery was organized in the fall of 1863 at Milwaukee. One squad was mustered in Nov. 4 and the other Dec. 29. The battery left the state Jan. 28, 1864, reached Memphis on Feb. 1, and New Orleans on the 12th.
It was ordered to Baton Rouge and assigned to duty in Fort Williams, where it was placed in charge of 6 heavy guns. On June 17 it was ordered to provost duty in the city of Baton Rouge, but returned to Fort Williams on July 8, taking charge of 7 barbette guns, and on the 10th was completely equipped as light artillery, taking the entire equipment of the 1st Vt. battery, whose term of service had expired.
On the 15th it went into camp at Baton Rouge and remained there until ordered home. It was mustered out at Milwaukee, July 20, 1865.
Its original strength was 156. Gain by recruits, 32; total, 188. Loss by death, 14; missing, 1; desertion, 25; transfer, 3; discharge, 39; mustered out, 106.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 85
Thirteenth Light Battery
WISCONSIN
(3-YEARS)
Thirteenth Light Battery. -- Capt., Richard R. Griffith; First Lieuts., George L. Cross, Alfred E. Chaffee, William W. Perrine, William M. Bristol; Second Lieuts., William W. Perrine, William M. Bristol, Frank Fox, David Kinder.
This battery was organized in the fall of 1863 at Milwaukee. One squad was mustered in Nov. 4 and the other Dec. 29. The battery left the state Jan. 28, 1864, reached Memphis on Feb. 1, and New Orleans on the 12th.
It was ordered to Baton Rouge and assigned to duty in Fort Williams, where it was placed in charge of 6 heavy guns. On June 17 it was ordered to provost duty in the city of Baton Rouge, but returned to Fort Williams on July 8, taking charge of 7 barbette guns, and on the 10th was completely equipped as light artillery, taking the entire equipment of the 1st Vt. battery, whose term of service had expired.
On the 15th it went into camp at Baton Rouge and remained there until ordered home. It was mustered out at Milwaukee, July 20, 1865.
Its original strength was 156. Gain by recruits, 32; total, 188. Loss by death, 14; missing, 1; desertion, 25; transfer, 3; discharge, 39; mustered out, 106.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 85
Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army assignments for 13th Light Artillery Battery Regiment
| From | To | Brigade | Division | Corps | Army/Department | Comments |
| Mar 1864 | Jul 1865 | Dist Baton Rouge, LA | Army and Dept of the Gulf | New Organization, Mustered Out |
Roster for 13th Light Artillery Battery Regiment - 173 men
Source: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers; War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865; Volumes I and II; compiled by Authority of the Legislature, under the direction of Jeremiah M. Rusk, Governor & Chandler P. Chapman, Adjutant General; Democrat Printing Company, State Printers; Madison, Wisconsin; 1886
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