13th US Colored Heavy Artillery

Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., June 23, 1864. Attached to Military District of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and to Dept. of Kentucky, to November, 1865.

SERVICE: Garrison duty at Camp Nelson, Smithland, Lexington and other points in Kentucky till November, 1865. Mustered out November 18, 1865.

Only one man from Williamson County is known to have served in the 13th US Colored Heavy Artillery. 

• Cpl. John Stone was born around 1846 in Williamson County. On January 18, 1865 he enlisted in Company B at Smithland, Kentucky. He mustered out in Louisville, KY on Nov. 18, 1865.

Resources:

• Battle Unit Details, NPS

• Regimental and Company Books of the 13th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery Regiment

• Approved Pension File for Emily Chenault, Widow of Private Jacob Chenault, Company K, 13th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery Regiment (WC-458798)

• Approved Pension Application File for Amelia Campbell, Widow of James Campbell, Company E, 13th USCT Heavy Artillery Regiment (Application No. WC100182)

• Approved Pension Application File for Dependents of Benjamin Neil, Company B, 13th USCT Heavy Artillery Regiment (Application No. WC112483)

• Approved Pension Application File for Beneficiary of James W Smith, Company A, 13th USCT Heavy Artillery Regiment (Application No. WC123284)