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13th Virginia Infantry

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Company Unknown

3rd Sergeant

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Contributor Edward J. WestlowDate added 11/8/2016

Company Unknown

General

See 41st VA Calvary
Contributor Sam AdamsDate added 1/26/2009

Company Unknown

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles W. Hendricks, JrDate added 7/21/2015

Company Unknown

Private

B: 21 Oct 1840 D: 18 Mar 1884
Contributor Wallace B. Guerrant, Jr.Date added 1/4/2014

Company Unknown

General

He was a VMI graduate. He began as Major in 1861, was promoted to Lt. Col. and Col., regimental commander. He was killed on 30 May at Totopotomy Creek in Hanover County near Bethesda Church. The Confederate Congress approved his (posthumous) promotion to Brigadier General on 31 May 1964. His brother was William Rufus Terrill, who was a West Point graduate, served as a Brigadier General in then Union Army and was killed in battle at Perryville, Kentucky.
Contributor Edward J. WestlowDate added 11/8/2016

Company B

Private

Of Culpeper, VA. On his tombstone it reads, 'A Servant of Christ - A Soldier of the Confederacy - A Son of Virginia.'
Contributor Patricia WalshDate added 4/13/2010

Company B

Private

Wounded on February 3, 1865 near Petersburg, VA when a miniball struck him in the left wrist crushing his bone and ligaments, seriously injuring his hand.
Contributor Patricia WalshDate added 4/7/2009

Company B

Private

James R. from Culpeper,Va, enlisted on May 25, 1861 at Harpers Ferry, VA in the 13 VA Inf. 'Culpeper Minutemen.' He surrended with General Lee at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.
Contributor Patricia WalshHomepage RagnarDate added 4/17/2011

Company C

1st Corporal

born in Hanover County in 1828 and married Margaret Rebecca Davis of Gordonsville in 1854. Settled in Orange County(Gordonsville)
Contributor gary m brockDate added 7/12/2010

Company C

Private

John Travers Daniel (a.k.a.) Texas Jack. Died in Lee Camp old soldiers home of Virginia in 1910.
Contributor Doyle TenneyDate added 11/4/2013

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William GrishamDate added 9/8/2009

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tony LeichtHomepage www.58va.comDate added 2/27/2007

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tony LeichtHomepage www.58va.comDate added 2/27/2007

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tony LeichtHomepage www.58va.comDate added 2/27/2007

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tony LeichtHomepage www.58va.comDate added 2/27/2007

Company E

Private

Brandy Rifles, enlisted April 16, 1862. Born in 1828, Culpeper, VA. Married Ann W. Dempsey, Dec. 24, 1850. Ann's aunt, Katherine Dempsey was the 'Widow Tapp' of 'Widow Tapp's Farm' referenced in the Battle of the Wilderness. Died of 'chronick' dysentary upon return home in 1865. Regiment continued fighting two months after Appomattox where he faced in battle his future grandson's father-in-law.
Contributor Patricia WalshDate added 4/19/2007

Company E

Private

contracted typoid fever and was dischared May 13, 1862.
Contributor Carole O'DellDate added 11/17/2012

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor barbara trulisDate added 1/8/2011

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kelly McKenna ThomasDate added 4/30/2016

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kelly McKenna ThomasDate added 4/30/2016

Company E

Private

Joseph Tyson, brn 1817 in Stafford County, VA, was captured at Gettysburg and sent to Fort Delaware. He died in Culpeper County, VA aft 1890. He married and had one daughter, Mary E. Tyson, who died in the early 1980s.
Contributor Lee TysonDate added 3/24/2009

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kevin M. BreedenDate added 7/8/2009

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kevin M. BreedenDate added 7/8/2009

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor John HarmanDate added 6/5/2006

Company F

Private

Thomas Eubank was wounded at Antietam (Sharpsburg) and again at Cedar Creek. After his second wounding, he served as mail courier for the unit.
Contributor Elaine OwensDate added 4/30/2006

Company F

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Beale WilhoitDate added 3/1/2005

Company H

Private

CSA records show John's last name as indicated in this submission. The correct spelling is of German origin. The spelling should have been Pfeiffer. Private 'Fifer' enlisted in Winchester VA, discharged at, or, following Appomatox, settling in Lynchburg VA. He is buried in Lynchburg in a family plot in the same cemetery as Jubal Early.
Contributor EricDate added 9/22/2009

Company H

Private

I am the grandson of Kennedy Palmer. Kennedy enlisted in the 13th Va Reg at age 17 from Winchester Va. Caputured wounded
Contributor Percy Homepage http://nscwg.wordpress.com/Date added 2/21/2013

Company H

Private

Nicknamed 'extra Billy' after the Govenor
Contributor SCOTT C. MANUELDate added 7/23/2009

Company I

Private

Benjamin M. Haines - from Slanesville, VA (WV) was in the 13th until late 1863 - moved to 18th VA Cavalry through the end of the war. There is mention in several publications indicating he may have also served in the Confederate Signal Corp. Paroled at Staunton, VA May 1865. Farmer - Born 2/7/1840 Died 5/28/1918, buried in Salem Church Cemetery, Slanesville, WV. His headstone is marked with the 13th Co. K for unknown reasons - a mistake by his wife Nancy - or maybe he was in K for a short period - unknown.
Contributor Dan CowgillDate added 11/10/2010

Company Field & Staff

Asst Surgeon

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Leonard M CowherdHomepage http://www.cowherd.orgDate added 10/7/2015

Company Field & Staff

Captain

Adjutant Wounded at Cedar Mountain
Contributor Leonard CowherdHomepage len@cowherd.orgDate added 8/3/2016

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