Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 13th

found: A Confederate surgeon's letters to his wife, 1911:t.p. (13th South Carolina Volunteers)

found: 13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Descendants Association, via WWW, March 5, 2012(The 13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment; organized at Lightwood Knot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina in July 1861; in April of 1862, the regiment was ordered to Virginia and assigned in succession to Gregg's and McGowan's Brigades; the 13th South Carolina was prominent in the major campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 to 1865; the regiment marched 413 effectives to Gaines' Mill and 342 to Frayser's Farm, lost 26 killed and 118 wounded at Second Manassas, had 5 killed and 24 wounded at Ox Hill, and lost 3 killed and 52 wounded at Fredericksburg; they sustained 91 casualties at Chancellorsville, 130 of 390 at Gettysburg, 63 at The Wilderness, 86 at Spotsylvania, 49 from May 12 to July 1, 1864, 42 at Deep Bottom, 32 at Fussell's Mill, and 34 at Poplar Springs Church; at Appomattox 13 officers and 183 men of the 13th South Carolina surrendered and were paroled; the field officers were Colonels Benjamin T. Brockman, Oliver E. Edwards, and Isaac F. Hunt; Lieutenant Colonels P. Ludlow Calhoun, T. Stabo Farrow, and William Lester; and Majors David R. Duncan and Joseph L. Wofford)

found: The USGenWeb Archives Pension Project "Civil War", via WWW, March 5, 2012(Thirteenth Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers of the Confederate States of America; formed in the summer of 1861; the Regiment was the brain child of Oliver Evans Edwards; brigaded with the 12th and 14th regiments under the command of Brig. General Maxey Gregg, which was known as Gregg's Brigade; Gregg's Brigade eventually became McGowan's Brigade and was a part of A.P. Hill's Division and became part of General Stonewall jackson's Corp; the 13th Regiment remained a part of the Army of Northern Virginia until the conclusion of the war and was present at the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865; of the 13th Regiment, 220 men were killed in battle or died of wounds; 262 died of disease and 678 men received wounds in combat)