History of the 13th Infantry Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers During the Great Rebellion

Table Of Contents

Preface Chapter I Circumstances and time of the raising of the regiment; Brief notices of the original officers; Life in the New Haven Barracks; Embarkation for Ship Island. Chapter II At sea for twenty days; Life on ship island; Up the mississippi to New Orleans; Occupation of the custom house; Slavery; Butler's Rule; Expeditions; Flag Presentation &c. Chapter III Camp Kearney; The LaFourche Campaign; Battle of Georgia Landing; Foraging &c.; Explosion of Ammunition Car; To Baton Rouge; Passage of the Forts to Port Hudson and Midnight Bombardment; To Brashear City; Battle of Irish Bend; Hospital. Chapter IV Pursuit up the Teche; Simsport; Music; Free Fight To Port Hudson; Seige of Port Hudson; Assaults, Storming Column; Surrender; Effects of the Seige. Chapter V Second LaFourche Occupation; Re-enlistment as Veteran Volunteers; Red River Expedition; Guerrillas; Battle of Monet's Ford; Alexandria; Battles of Marksville and Mansura; Veteran Furlough; Return to New Haven. Chapter VI To Shenandoah Valley; Battle of Berryville; Battle of the Opegnan Battle of Fisher's Hill; Battle of Middletown; Consolidation of the Regiment and Muster-out of a portion; To Savannah again; To Augusta; Life in Augusta; To Northern Georgia; To Atlanta; Muster-out. Appendix List of Officers and Men; Official Report; Case of Slave Caroline. General Index Monuments and Images Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in New Haven, Connecticut. Illustrations and photographs of battles sites and soldiers.

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