The regiment was organized in July of 1861 for three years service under Lincoln's original call for volunteers and reenlisted for the war in 1864, serving until July of 1865. It lost 6 officers and 104 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 82 enlisted men to disease.
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July 22 |
Organized at Camp Putnam, Hartford, Connecticut. |
July 29 |
Left State for Baltimore, Md. under Colonel O. S. Ferry |
July 30 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va.; Guard and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac |
August 16 |
Attached to George H. Thomas' Brigade, Banks' Division |
October 20-24 |
Operations near Edward's Ferry |
October |
Gordon's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac |
December 17-20 |
Operations about Dams Nos. 4 and 5 |
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March 1 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah; Advance on Winchester |
March 5 |
Near Winchester |
March 12 |
Occupation of Winchester |
March 18 |
Ordered to Manassas, Va. |
March 19 |
Returned to Winchester |
March 24 - April 27 |
Pursuit of Jackson |
April 17 |
Columbia Furnace |
April 18 - May 20 |
At Strasburg |
May 20-25 |
Retreat to Winchester |
May 23 |
Action at Front Royal |
May 24 |
Middletown |
May 24-25 |
Battle of Winchester |
May 25-June 6 |
Retreat to Martinsburg and Williamsport |
June, 1862 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
June 5 - 10 |
At Williamsport |
June 10-18 |
Moved to Front Royal |
June 29-30 |
Reconnaissance to Luray |
July |
Moved to Warrenton, Gordonsville and Culpeper |
July 28 |
Reconnaissance to Raccoon Ford (Co. "I") |
August 6 - September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Lost 180 of the 380 men engaged, losing nine color bearers. Col. Chapman, Lt. Colonel Stone and Major Smith were all wounded and captured, leaving Captain Henry W. Daboll senior surviving officer. Companies F and H were on detatched duty and wer not involved. |
August 29-30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
September |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 2-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Frederick, Md. and to Detached Duty at Frederick
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December 10-14 |
March to Fairfax Station |
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January 19-23 |
Moved to Stafford C. H.; Col. George D. Chapman resigned due to extreme illness. Colonel Warren Packer assumes command of the regiment. |
April 27 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The 5th brought 324 men to the battle, of whom two were wounded and five missing. |
July 12 |
Funkstown, Md. |
July 21 |
Snicker's Gap, Va. |
July 22 - September 24 |
Near Raccoon Ford, Va. |
September 24 - October 3 |
March to Brandy Station, then to Bealeton and movement to Stevenson, Ala.; Army of the Cumberland |
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October - April |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland; Guard duty along Nashville and Chattanooga R. R. at Cowan and Cumberland Tunnel |
April |
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps; Atlanta Campaign |
May 8-11 |
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge |
May 14-15 |
Battle of Resaca |
May 19 |
Cassville |
May 25 |
New Hope Church |
May 26 - June 5. |
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills |
June 10 - July 2 |
Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain |
June 11-14 |
Pine Mountain |
June 15-17 |
Lost Mountain |
June 15 |
Gilgal or Golgotha Church |
June 17 |
Muddy Creek |
June 19 |
Noyes Creek |
June 22 |
Kolb's Farm |
June 27 |
Assault on Kennesaw |
July 4 |
Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground |
July 5-17 |
Chattahoochee River |
July 19-20 |
Peach Tree Creek |
July 22 |
Siege of Atlanta |
July 22 |
Old members muster out |
August 16 |
Allatoona |
August 26 - September 2 |
Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge |
September 2 - November |
Occupation of Atlanta |
November 15 - December 10 |
March to the sea |
December 9 |
Montieth Swamp |
December 10-21 |
Siege of Savannah |
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January |
Campaign of the Carolinas |
March 2 |
Thompson's Creek, near Chesterfield, S.C. |
March 3 |
Near Cheraw |
March 16 |
Averysboro, N. C. |
March 19-21 |
Battle of Bentonville |
March 24 |
Occupation of Goldsboro |
April 9-13 |
Advance on Raleigh |
April 14 |
Occupation of Raleigh |
April 26 |
Bennett's House; Surrender of Johnston and his army |
April 29-May 20 |
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va. |
May 24 |
Grand review |
June |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, Bartlett's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
July 19, 1865 |
Mustered out |
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