5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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The Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment was subsequently 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 and Generals who commanded the 5th Minnesota.

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.

Tim Bode
5th Minnesota Researcher & Webmaster

Companies of the 5th Minnesota

Search this Site 5th Minnesota Tim Bode's site DreamAcre Stables site search by freefind Recent Updates 2/24/2012   Added a bio page for George Giebenhain, Company F 2/2/2012   Added a bio page for Ernst A. Boessling, Company D 1/31/2012   Added a bio page for Charles E. White, Company I 1/17/2012   Added a bio page for Lemuel Bardwell, Company A 1/16/2012   Added a bio page for Theodore Bardwell, Company A 1/14/2012   Added a bio page for Tracy Bardwell, Company A 8/28/2011   Updated bio page for Nicolas I. Lowthian, Company C 5/22/2011   Added a bio page for William Van Slyke, Company G 5/01/2011   Added a bio page for Charles Chapel, Company C 4/26/2011   Updated bio page for John Marsh, Company B 4/26/2011   Updated bio page for Nicolas I. Lowthian, Company C 4/26/2011   Added a bio page for Elias W. Mortimer, Company F 4/24/2011   Updated bio page for Thomas Mogan, Company K 4/23/2011   Added a bio page for Jean B. Trotecheaud, Company D 4/20/2011   Added head shots to the Generals page 4/10/2011   Added a photo link for Captain John King, Company G 4/8/2011   Added 5th Minnesota in the Official Records page (under construction) 2/15/2011   Updated bio page for Ezekiel Rose, Company B 1/18/2011   Added a bio page for Richard Gessert, Company E

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 (present, but held in reserve)
  
• 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

Memorabilia & Photos

Additional Resources Concerning the 5th Minnesota

Wikipedia Articles Relating to the 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Other Minnesota Regiments' Web Sites

• 1st Infantry
  
• 2nd Infantry
• 3rd Infantry

Additional Resources Concerning Minnesota in the Civil War

• Boys of '61 - an organization to erect a monument to honor all of the Minnesota soldiers who participated in the Civil War
• Online Books for Further Research
• List of Minnesota Civil War Units at Wikipedia
  
• Military History Online: Civil War Genealogy (Minnesota)
• Minnesota Regimental Units
• Minnesota Troops in the Battle of Nashville
  

Here are some links to more web sites about the Civil War:

• Official Records
• Civil War Soldier List  
• Military History Online: Civil War
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - National Graves Registration Database
  

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