5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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5th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry
Active	October 14, 1863 to August 21, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Five Forks

The 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment 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 regiment was consolidated from the recruits and veterans of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry and men recruited for the unformed 31st and 37th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiments. Later recruits and veterans of the 12th New York and 84th New York joined the regiment. The regiment was mustered out of service on August 21, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 91 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 90 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 189 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel

[edit] See also

• List of New York Civil War regiments

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.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.

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive