13TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT

De Kalb’s Division | Glover’s Brigade | 13th Massachusetts Regiment

History

Organized spring 1775 at Cambridge from Worchester, Hampshire, Middlesex, Suffolk, Bristol, Berkshire, and Barnstable Counties.

Entered Valley Forge with 452 men assigned and 283 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 374 assigned and 250 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Siege of Boston, Lake Champlain, Saratoga, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Edward Wigglesworth
• Lt. Colonel Dudley Coleman
• Major John Porter

Company Commanders

• Captain Arron Haynes
• Captain Nathaniel Alexander
• Captain Noah Allen
• Captain Nicholas Blasdall
• Captain Israel Davis
• Captain Matthew Fairfield
• Captain Daniel Pillsbury
• Captain Thomas Wettington

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster William Wiggleworth
• Adjutant John K Smith
• Paymaster Thomas Smart
• Surgeon John Wingate
• Surgeon’s Mate Joshia Chase
• Quartermaster Sergeant James Green
• Sergeant Major Joseph Miller
• Drum Major Aaron Spelman
• Fife Major James Holland