May 13th (1862) was a Tuesday. It's the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 13th May, 1862
» The USS Planter 1862 6, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.