THIRTEENTH REGIMENT HISTORY & ROSTERS (pg. 2)

Communications with the base of supply.  Cut off thus from the position at the front which they coveted, the men were determined to show their prowess, if not in arms, with the pen.  Procuring the use of the Williamsport Ledger office, they commenced the publication of the Pennsylvania Thirteenth, devoted to the patriotic sentiment of the camp and to the more elevated tone of wit and humor prevalent in the ranks.  The first number was issued on the 4th of July, 1861, and was continued at intervals until after the battle of

Antietam, in September, 1862, by the 102nd Regiment, P. V., a portable printing press and materials having been purchased and moved with the regiment.  The establishment was finally lost amidst the confusion on the hotly contested field.  Early on the morning of July 4th, the regiment was ordered to escort the Rhode Island Battery, belonging to Colonel Burnside’s command, to Martinsburg.  The pieces were moved with difficulty across the ford, but were safely reported to the commander early in the evening.  Engaged in picket and fatigue duty until the 16th, it moved to Bunker Hill and occupied the camps just vacated by the rebels, taking possession of their forage and their camp fires still alive.