5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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The 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry remiment during the American Civil War which was mustered in on June 24, 1861 for three years' service. They were mustered out on July 27, 1864.

[edit] Engagements

• First Bull Run
• Peninsular Campaign
  • West Point
  • Gaines Mill
  • Goldings Farm
  • Malvern Hill
• Crampton's Gap (Antietam Campaign)
• Antietam
• Fredericksburg
• Chancellorsville
• Gettysburg
• Funkstown
• Rappahannock Station (Bristoe Campaign)
• Locust Grove (Mine Run Campaign)
• Wilderness
• Spotsylvania
• North Anna
• Cold Harbor

[edit] Casualities

107 men were killed in action or died of wounds, while another 77 died of disease.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Notes and References

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