5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Michigan state flag
Active	August 28, 1861 to June 5, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Peninsular 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.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment mustered a total of 1586 men during its existence.^[1] It suffered 16 officers and 247 enlistedmen 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]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Henry D. Terry^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of Michigan Civil War Units
• Michigan in the American Civil War

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive