The 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 13th Wisconsin was raised at

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, and mustered into federal service October 17, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on November 24, 1865, at

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Casualties

The 13th Wisconsin suffered 5 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 188 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 193 fatalities.Civil War Archive
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Colonels

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Maurice Maloney (October 15, 1861August 1, 1862) was a U.S. Army captain in the 4th U.S. Infantry and retired in August 1862. * Colonel William P. Lyon (August 6, 1862November 24, 1865) began the war as captain of Co. K in the

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. He received an honorary brevet to brigadier general at the end of the war. After the war he became the 12th

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and the 7th chief justice of the

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Notable members

* Ira Barnes Dutton, also known as

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, was quartermaster sergeant and was later commissioned 2nd lieutenant and promoted to 1st lieutenant in Co. I, finally promoted to quartermaster near the end of the war. After the war he became a Catholic missionary in Hawaii, ministering to the leper colony on

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until his death. He is a candidate for sainthood. *

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was the regiment surgeon. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator and was the first mayor of

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. *

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was a private in Co. K. After the war he wrote an extensive botanical record of the plant species of the American west. *

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was the 2nd assistant surgeon until 1863, when he was promoted out of the regiment to become surgeon of the

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. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state senator. *

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was captain of Co. G. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator. * Hezekiah C. Tilton was chaplain of the regiment. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator. *

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was captain of Co. B, but was detailed for much of the war as an engineering aide on the brigade and division staff. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state senator.

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