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*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
* Haley, Private John W., ''The Rebel Yell & the Yankee Hurrah: The Civil War Journal of a Maine Volunteer'', Down East Books (Camden, Maine), 1985. This is a journal about the [[17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment]]. The 5th Michigan was in the same brigade and references are made regarding the whereabouts of the 5th.
* Crotty, Color Sergeant Daniel G., ''Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac'', Dygert Bros. & Co. Printers and Binder (Grand Rapids, MI), 1874. Reprinted with new material in 1995 by Belle Grove Publishing Co. (Kearney, NJ). This is a journal of the [[3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]]. The 5th Michigan was in the same brigade and references are made regarding the whereabouts of the 5th.


[[Category:Michigan Civil War regiments]]
[[Category:Michigan Civil War regiments]]

Revision as of 15:39, 29 June 2012

5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Michigan state flag
ActiveAugust 28, 1861 to June 5, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsPeninsular Campaign
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign

The 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 5th Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on August 28, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 5, 1865 at Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment mustered a total of 1586 men during its existence.[1] It suffered 16 officers and 247 enlisted men who were killed in action or motally wounded and 3 officer and 188 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 454 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.michiganinthewar.org/infantry/5thinf.htm Michigan in the Civil War Website
  2. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  3. ^ Michigan in the Civil War Website

References

  • The Civil War Archive
  • Haley, Private John W., The Rebel Yell & the Yankee Hurrah: The Civil War Journal of a Maine Volunteer, Down East Books (Camden, Maine), 1985. This is a journal about the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 5th Michigan was in the same brigade and references are made regarding the whereabouts of the 5th.
  • Crotty, Color Sergeant Daniel G., Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac, Dygert Bros. & Co. Printers and Binder (Grand Rapids, MI), 1874. Reprinted with new material in 1995 by Belle Grove Publishing Co. (Kearney, NJ). This is a journal of the 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 5th Michigan was in the same brigade and references are made regarding the whereabouts of the 5th.