5th Minnesota
Volunteer Infantry
Regiment
5th Minnesota Battle Flag
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Welcome to the
unofficial web site
for the 5th Minnesota! The
regiment was organized at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, from March 15 to
April 30,
1862, and was disbanded September 6, 1865. The 5th Minnesota
participated
in western theater Civil War activities as part of the Union Army; it
also
was employed in managing Indian affairs at times. During its 3 1/2
years
of service, the regiment lost 4 officers and 86 enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded, and 4 officers and 175 enlisted men by disease for a
total loss of 269 men. A synopsis of regiment activities may be viewed
at
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm .
This web-site
has information on the
10 companies of the 5th
Minnesota (designated A-I and K) as well as the Field and Staff
officers.
I started this
web-site because my
great great grandfather, Johann
"Michael" Herrmann, served in the 5th Minnesota, Company E, from
September 1864 until he was wounded at the Battle of Nashville on
December 16, 1864.
Companies of
the 5th Minnesota
Index
of Soldiers with Individual Pages (at this web-site)
Generals who commanded the 5th Minnesota
Military
Activities of the 5th
Minnesota
- Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, May 26-30, 1862
- Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota
- Battle of Iuka, September 19, 1862
- Battle of Corinth, Mississippi October 3-4, 1862
- Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, November, 1862, to January,
1863
- Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 18-July 4, 1863
- Meridian Campaign, February 3-March 2, 1864
- Red River Campaign, March 10-May 22, 1864
- Battle of Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864
- Action at Old River Lake, June 6, 1864: Defeat of Marmaduke
- Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi, July 17, 1864
- March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price,
September
17-November 15, 1864
- Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15-16, 1864
- Assault and capture of Fort Blakely, April 9, 1865
Specific
Localities Represented in
the 5th Minnesota
Rice
County
Wabasha
County
Memorabilia
& Photos
Do you have
any photos of soldiers
or memorabilia from the 5th
Minnesota that you'd like to share? Please contact me at
timbode@juno.com . Thanks!
Additional
Resources Concerning the
5th Minnesota
Thomas P.
Gere Diary
Fifth
Minnesota Reenactment Web Site
Wikipedia
Articles Relating to the 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
5th
Minnesota Infantry
American Civil
War
Battle of
Corinth (2nd)
Battle of
Fort Blakely
Battle of Iuka
Battle of
Meridian
Battle of
Nashville
Battle of
Pleasant Hill
Battle of
Spanish Fort
Dakota War of
1862
Fort Snelling
Franklin-Nashville
Campaign
Lucius
Frederick Hubbard
Price's Raid
Red River
Campaign
Siege of Corinth
Siege of
Vicksburg
Union Army
Vicksburg
Campaign
Western
Theater of the American Civil War
Other
Minnesota Regiments' Web Sites
Additional
Resources Concerning
Minnesota in the Civil War
Here are some
links to more web
sites about the Civil War:
This page
is maintained by Tim Bode (timbode@juno.com ). Last
modified
on 10/8/08.