5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment The 5th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 5th Connecticut Infantry was organized at Hartford , Connecticut and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on July 26 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Orris Sanford Ferry . The regiment was attached to George H . Thomas ' Brigade , Banks ' Division , to October 1861 . Gordon ' s Brigade , Banks ' Division , Army of the Potomac , to March 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Banks ' V Corps , and Department of the Shenandoah to June 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , II Corps , Army of Virginia , to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XII Corps , Army of the Potomac and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XX Corps to June 1865 . 2nd Brigade , Bartlett ' s Division , XXII Corps , Department of Washington to July 1865 . The 5th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service July 19 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Connecticut for Baltimore , Md . , July 29 , then moved to Harpers Ferry , W . Va . , July 30 , and duty there until August 16 . Guard and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac until February 1862 . Operations near Edward ' s Ferry October 20 – 24 , 1861 . Operations about Dams Nos . 4 and 5 December 17 – 20 . Advance on Winchester March 1 – 12 , 1862 . Near Winchester March 5 . Occupation of Winchester March 12 . Ordered to Manassas , Va . , March 18 , returning to Winchester March 19 . Pursuit of Jackson March 24 - April 27 . Columbia Furnace April 17 . At Strasburg till May 20 . Retreat to Winchester May 20 – 25 . Action at Front Royal May 23 . Middletown May 24 . Battle of Winchester May 24 – 25 . Retreat to Martinsburg and Williamsport May 25 - June 6 . At Williamsport until June 10 . Moved to Front Royal June 10 – 18 . Reconnaissance to Luray June 29 – 30 . Moved to Warrenton , Gordonsville , and Culpeper , July . Reconnaissance to Raccoon Ford July 28 ( Company I ) . Pope ' s Campaign in Northern Virginia August 6 - September 2 . Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 . Battle of Bull Run August 29 – 30 . Moved to Washington , D . C . , then to Frederick , Md . , September 2 – 12 . Duty at Frederick until December 10 . March to Fairfax Station December 10 – 14 , and duty there until January 19 , 1863 . Moved to Stafford Court House January 19 – 23 , and duty there until April 27 . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Battle of Chancellorsville May 1 – 5 . Gettysburg Campaign June 11 - July 24 . Battle of Gettysburg July 1 – 3 . Funkstown , Md . , July 12 . Snicker ' s Gap , Va . , July 21 . Near Raccoon Ford , Va . until September 24 . March to Brandy Station , then to Bealeton and movement to Stevenson , Ala . , September 24 - October 3 . Guard duty along Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad at Cowan and Cumberland Tunnel until April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cassville May 19 . New Hope Church May 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills May 26 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Mountain June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground July 4 . Chattahoochee River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Allatoona August 16 . Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26 - September 2 . Occupation of Atlanta September 2 - November 15 . March to the Sea November 15 - December 10 . Montieth Swamp December 9 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Carolinas Campaign January – April 1865 . Thompson ' s Creek , near Chesterfield , S . C . , March 2 . Near Cheraw March 3 . Averysboro , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 9 – 13 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 193 men during service ; 6 officers and 104 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 82 enlisted men died of disease .