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13TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 7/32 inches (3.10cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned Barry of four Azure and Argent, a saltire Gules, and in fess two billets paleways Azure fimbriated Or each bearing four mullets of the second. On a wreath of the colors two palm branches saltirewise Proper and thereon a McKeever cartridge box Sable bearing the legend "Forty Rounds" "U.S." Or. Attached below the shield a gold scroll inscribed "FIRST AT VICKSBURG" in black letters.

Symbolism
The 13th Infantry was organized in 1861. General Sherman was its first Colonel and General Sheridan one of its original Captains. The four blue and white bars of the shield are the old and the present infantry colors and indicate the four wars in which the regiment has participated. The saltire cross is from the Confederate battle flag with the color change from blue to red. The billets are the shoulder straps of the two generals which this regiment has raised. The crest is the corps badge of the 15th Corps of the Civil War and the motto is the proud designation given the regiment by General Grant.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 16 Apr 1923.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Barry of four Azure and Argent, saltire Gules, and in fess two billets paleways Sable fimbriated Or each bearing four mullets of the second.

Crest

On a wreath of the colors two palm branches saltirewise Proper and thereon a McKeever cartridge box Sable bearing the legend "Forty Rounds" "U.S." Or.

Motto

FIRST AT VICKSBURG.

Symbolism

Shield

The 13th Infantry was organized in 1861. General Sherman was its first Colonel and General Sheridan one of its original Captains. The four blue and white bars of the shield are the old and the present infantry colors and indicate the four wars in which the regiment has participated. The saltire cross is from the Confederate battle flag with the color change from blue to red. The billets are the shoulder straps of the two generals which this regiment has raised.

Crest

The crest is the corps badge of the 15th Corps of the Civil War and the motto is the proud designation given the regiment by General Grant.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved on 8 Feb 1922. It was amended on 2 Oct 1923.





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