1861 |
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Organized at Madison, Wis |
July 12 |
Mustered in under Colonel Amasa Cobb |
July 24 |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and Attached to King's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac at Camp on Meridian Hill |
September 3 |
Detached to construct Fort Marcy on north bank of the Potomac. At Camp Griffin, near Washington |
October |
Attached to Hancock's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 10 |
Lewinsville, Va. (Companies B, C and G) |
September 25 |
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville |
March 9 |
March to Flint Hill |
March 16 |
To near Alexandria |
March 23-25 |
To Fortress Monroe |
March 27 |
Reconnaissance to Warwick Court House |
April 4-5 |
Advance from Newport News to Warwick River and toward Yorktown |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
April 16 |
Reconnaissance toward Yorktown |
April 16 |
Lee's Mills, Burnt Chimneys |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg. Attachd to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 6 - 18 |
Duty at White House |
May 24 - June 5 |
March to near Richmond and picket duty on the Chickahominy |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Garnett's Farm |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-24 |
Moved to Alexandria |
August 29-30 |
March to Centreville |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 10-11 |
Sugar Loaf Mountain |
September 14 |
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 18-22 |
At Williamsport |
October 11 |
Expedition to intercept Stuart's Cavalry |
October 13-31 |
At Hagerstown |
November 3-18 |
March to Aquia Creek |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
1863 |
January-April |
At White Oak Church |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February |
Attached to Light Division, 6th Army Corps. Colonel Cobb was elected to congress and resigned his comission to take his seat. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas S. Allen of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry was appointed colonel of the 5th |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations about Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Thomas S. Allen. It brought 491 men to the field, suffering no casualties as it served in reserve positions in the army's flank and rear.
From the monument: "Gettysburg July 2, 3, 4, 5. 3d Brig (Russels') 1st. Div. 6th Corps. War losses 174 killed, 548 wounded. Col. Amasa Cobb 1861-2. Col. T.S. Allen 1863-4-5. This regiment moved from centre to this point early July 3rd to resist threatened attack on this flank. Moved hastily back in the afternoon to assist in repelling attack on the center and later took position on the crest of Big Round Top." |
July 5 |
Near Fairfield, Pa. |
July 10-13 |
About Funkstown, Md. |
August-September |
Detached duty at New York, Albany and Troy during draft disturbances. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864 |
January |
Duty at Brandy Station attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps |
February |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 17-18 |
Before Petersburg, Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Weldon Railroad |
July 9-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 12 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Washington |
July 16 |
Non-veterans ordered to Wisconsin. Veterans consolidated to a Battalion of three Companies. |
August 3 |
Non-veterans mustered out |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September |
Seven new companies organized in Wisconsin |
September |
Provost duty at Winchester, Va. and at Cedar Creek, Va. |
October 2 |
New companies left State for Winchester, Va. via Alexandria |
October 20 |
New companies joined Regiment at Cedar Creek |
December 1-4 |
Moved to Petersburg, Va. and Siege of Petersburg, rejoining Army of the Potomac |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
March to Danville |
May 18-June 2 |
To Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
June 24 |
Original three companies mustered out |
July 11 |
Remainder of regiment mustered out |
