13th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery

13th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery was an artillery battery from New York state that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Attached to Baker's Brigade, Stone's Division, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1861.

Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.

Reserve Artillery, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.

Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, to October, 1863.

Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Dept.

Artillery, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, to April, 1864.

Unattached Artillery, Post of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept.

2nd Brigade, 1st Sub-District, Middle Tennessee, Dept.

[1] Duty on the Upper Potomac to December, 1861, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until April, 1862.

Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge, Tunnel Hill and Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8–11.

Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5.

Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.

[1] Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 16 Enlisted men by disease.

[1] At the Battle of Kolb's Farm on 22 June 1864, the 13th New York Battery I was posted on a hill on the right of John W. Geary's division.

While assisting in the defense of Alpheus S. Williams' division, the guns fired canister and spherical case shot to repulse a Confederate infantry attack.