13th Field Artillery Brigade (United States)

The 13th Field Artillery Brigade was former brigade of the United States Army.

History
The 13th Field Artillery Brigade was constituted in the artillery on 13 January 1921. On 13 May 1921 the brigade was activated at Camp Bragg, North Carolina. On 2 July 1923 the brigade was assigned to the IV Corps. While assigned to the corps the brigade "provided training assistance each summer at Fort Bragg to artillery elements of the 81st, 82nd, and 87th Infantry Divisions of the XIV Corps and the General Headquarters Heavy Artillery Regiments". On 1 November 1940 the brigade was relieved from the IV Corps and assigned to the I Corps where it remained until being disbanded on 7 December 1941. When the United States Armed Forces were mobilized the brigade was retitled as the Corps Artillery, 1st Corps.

There is evidence the brigade continued history into the cold war and even in modern day, but not enough evidence to support it at this time.

Units
Units of the brigade had included:
 * 1922—1929 1st Observation Battery
 * 1929—1941 1st Observation Battalion
 * 1921—1930 5th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1921—1930 and 1939—1941 17th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1921—1923 21st Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1923—1929 23rd Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1923—1930 29th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1930—1933 30th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1930—1941 36th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1923—1929 and 1939—1941 178th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1921—1924 441st Field Artillery Regiment
 * 1921—1940 13th Ammunition Train
 * 1930—1940 4th Ordnance Company
 * 1921—1930 363rd Ordnance Company

Commanders
Commanders of the brigade have included:
 * 1921—1921 Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Foy
 * 1921—1928 Brigadier General Albert J. Bowley
 * 1928—1928 Colonel Thomas E. Merrill
 * 1928—1929 Colonel Henry W. Butner
 * 1929—1930 Brigadier General Lucius R. Holbrook
 * 1930—1931 Colonel Albert U. Faulkner
 * 1931—1931 Brigadier General Herbert J. Brees
 * 1931—1931 Colonel Albert U. Faulkner
 * 1931—1938 Brigadier General Manus McCloskey
 * 1938—1938 Colonel Joseph A. Rogers
 * 1938—1940 Brigadier General William Bryden
 * 1940—1940 Colonel John R. Starkey
 * 1940—1940 Brigadier General Francis W. Honeycutt
 * 1940—1940 Colonel George R. Allin
 * 1940—1941 Brigadier General John A. Crane

Notable Members

 * Private First Class Wesley D. Garrett #6388514 buried at Draguignan, France
 * Private James R. McBeath (Purple Heart) #6984528 buried at Draguignan, France
 * Private Samuel K. Angus #32093214 buried at Impruneta, Italy