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13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
(117th Regiment)
Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993.
Vol. 6, pp. 1267-1309 (22 photocopied pages). E527.B32.1993v6. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).
Schmittle, George. Chickamauga, Andersonville, Fort Sumter and Guard Duty at Home: Four Civil War
Diaries by Pennsylvania Soldiers. [Edited by Robert P. Broadwater] Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006. pp. 162-90. E601.C44.
Dougherty, Michael. Diary of a Civil War Hero. NY: Pyramid Books, 1960. 128 p. E611.D72.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside,
1979. 1564. E491.D992. (Concise summary of the regiment's service).
Fox, Arthur B. Our Honored Dead: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the American Civil War.
Chicora, PA: Mechling Bookbindery, 2008. pp. 292-96. F157.A4.F69.
Hand, Harold, Jr. One Good Regiment: The 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War, 1861-1865.
Victoria, Canada: Trafford, 2000. 302 p. E527.6.13thH36.
Kovar, Linda L. “Thomas and Samuel Livingston’s Civil War.” Military Images (Mar/Apr 2008):
pp. 16-19. Per.
Thomas served with Company C, 110th Pennsylvania Infantry; Samuel Company D, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 2. Harrisburg, PA:
Capitol Preservation Committee, 1991. pp. 384-85. E527.4.S38.1991v2.(Brief unit history with emphasis on the regimental flags).
Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Phila: By the City, 1913. pp. 172-73.
E527.97.P54.T39. (Brief history of the unit).
Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.
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In Feb., 1863, the 13th was sent to Winchester, where
the tenth company joined it in March. Here it undertook many
excursions into the surrounding country, often encountering
the enemy's cavalry, and losing a considerable number.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
Martin J. Byrne
Enlisted on 9/27/1862 as a Major.
On 9/27/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff PA 117th Infantry
He was discharged on 8/27/1863
He was listed as:
* Wounded 2/26/1863 Fisher's Hill, VA
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Solomon Baughey
Residence Cumberland County PA;
Enlisted on 8/23/1862 as a Private.
On 8/23/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. PA 13th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 7/14/1865 at Raleigh, NC
He was listed as:
* POW 2/26/1863 Strasburg, VA
* Released 3/7/1863 (place not stated)
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Isaac Bortz
Residence Cumberland County PA;
Enlisted on 8/23/1862 as a Private.
On 8/23/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. PA 13th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 7/14/1865 at Raleigh, NC
He was listed as:
* POW 2/26/1863 Strasburg, VA
* Released 3/7/1863 (place not stated)
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Peter Malgone
Enlisted on 8/4/1862 as a Private.
On 8/4/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. PA 13th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 7/14/1865 at Raleigh, NC
He was listed as:
* POW 2/26/1863 Strasburg, VA
* Deserted 3/7/1863 (place not stated)
* Returned 9/3/1864 (place not stated)
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John A. Turner
Residence Philadelphia PA;
Enlisted on 8/25/1862 as a Sergeant.
On 8/25/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. PA 13th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 7/14/1865 at Raleigh, NC
He was listed as:
* POW 2/26/1863 Strasburg, VA
* Released 5/7/1863 (place not stated)
Promotions:
* 2nd Lieut 2/13/1865 (Not Mustered)
* Sergt Major 3/23/1865
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865