5th Vermont Infantry
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| Organization |
| Organized at Saint Albans,
Vermont
Mustered in September 16, 1861
Moved to Washington, D.C., September 23-25, 1861
Attached to Brook's Brigade, Smith's Division,
Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to May, 1862
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865 |
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| Service |
| Until March
10, 1862 |
At Camp Griffin, defences
of Washington |
| March 10,
1862 |
Moved to Alexandria |
| March 23-24,
1862 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe |
| March 30,
1862 |
Reconnoissance to Warwick
River |
| April 4,
1862 |
Young's Mills |
April 5,
1862 to
May 4, 1862 |
Siege of Yorktown |
| April 16,
1862 |
Lee's Mills |
| May 5, 1862 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
June 25,
1862 to
July 1, 1862 |
Seven days before Richmond |
| June 27,
1862 |
Garnett's Farm |
| June 29,
1862 |
Savage Station |
| June 30,
1862 |
White Oak Swamp Bridge |
| July 1, 1862 |
Malvern Hill |
| Until August
16, 1862 |
At Harrison's Landing |
| August
16-24, 1862 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe,
thence to Alexandria |
| September-October,
1862 |
Maryland Campaign |
| September
14, 1862 |
Crampton's Pass |
| September
16-17, 1862 |
Battle of Antietam |
September
26, 1862 to
October 29, 1862 |
At Hagerstown, Maryland |
October 29,
1862 to
November 19, 1862 |
Movement to Falmouth,
Virginia |
| December
12-15, 1862 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| January
20-24, 1863 |
Burnside's Second
Campaign, "Mud March" |
April 27,
1863 to
May 6, 1863 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29,
1863 to
May 2, 1863 |
Operations at Franklin's
Crossing |
| May 3, 1863 |
Maryes Heights,
Fredericksburg |
| May 3-4,
1863 |
Salem Heights |
| May 4, 1863 |
Banks' Ford |
| June 5-12,
1863 |
Franklin's Crossing |
| July 2-4,
1863 |
Battle of Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania |
| July 10-13,
1863 |
Funkstown, Maryland |
August 14,
1863 to
September 16, 1863 |
Detached from Army for
duty at New York City and Kingston, New York |
| September
23, 1863 |
Rejoined army at Culpeper
Court House, Virginia |
| October
9-22, 1863 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| November
7-8, 1863 |
Advance to line of the
Rappahannock |
| November 7,
1863 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26,
1863 to
December 2, 1863 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| May-June,
1864 |
Campaign from the Rapidan
to the James |
| May 5-7,
1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-12,
1864 |
Battle of Spottsylvania |
| May 12-21,
1864 |
Battle of Spottsylvania
Court House |
| May 12, 1864 |
Assault on the Salient,
Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 23-26,
1864 |
North Anna River |
| May 26-28,
1864 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31,
1864 |
Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12,
1864 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 18-19,
1864 |
Before Petersburg |
| June 22-23,
1864 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
| Until July
9, 1864 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| July 9-11,
1864 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| July 11-12,
1864 |
Repulse of Early's attack
on Fort Stevens |
August 7,
1864 to
November 28, 1864 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign |
| August
21-22, 1864 |
Near Charlestown |
| September
13, 1864 |
Gilbert's Ford, Opequan
Creek |
| September
19, 1864 |
Battle of Opequan,
Winchester |
| September
22, 1864 |
Fisher's Hill |
| October 14,
1864 |
Mustered out nonveterans |
| October 19,
1864 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| Until
December 9, 1864 |
At Strasburg until
November 9 and at Kernstown |
| December
9-12, 1864 |
Moved to Petersburg,
Virginia |
December 13,
1864 to
April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| March 25,
1865 |
Fort Fisher, before
Petersburg |
March 28,
1865 to
April 9, 1865 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2,
1865 |
Assault on and fall of
Petersburg |
| April 6,
1865 |
Sailor's Creek |
| April 9,
1865 |
Appomattox Court House,
surrender of Lee and his army |
| Until April
23, 1865 |
At Farmville and
Burkesville Station |
| April 23-27,
1865 |
March to Danville |
| Until May
18, 1865 |
Duty there |
May 24, 1865
to
June 8, 1865 |
Moved to Manchester,
thence marched to Washington, D.C. |
| June 8, 1865 |
Corps Review |
| June 29,
1865 |
Mustered out regiment |
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| Regimental Losses |
11 |
Officers killed and
mortally wounded |
202 |
Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded |
1 |
Officer by disease |
124 |
Enlisted men by disease |
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338 |
Total
lost |
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Source: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of
the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. |
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