5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry The 5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 5th Tennessee Infantry was organized at Barbourville , Kentucky and Harrison , Tennessee February through March 1862 and mustered in for a three year enlistment . The regiment was attached to 25th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Centre , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps , to April 1863 . District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to August 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Reserve Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps , to November 1863 . Spear ' s Tennessee Brigade , Chattanooga , Tennessee , to December 1863 . Spear ' s Tennessee Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to January 1864 . 3rd Brigade , Rousseau ' s 3rd Division , XII Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to June 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to December 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to January 1865 . Post of Nashville , Tennessee , to February 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Department of North Carolina , to June 1865 . The 5th Tennessee Infantry mustered out of service on June 30 , 1865 . Detailed service . Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 - June 18 , 1862 . Moved to Cumberland Ford April . Big Creek Gap June 11 – 12 and 15 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 - September 17 . Cumberland Gap August 16 . Expedition to Pine Mountain September 6 – 10 . Big Creek Gap September 7 . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg , Ky . , September 17 - October 3 . Near Gallipolis , Ohio , and operations in the Kanawha Valley , W . Va . , until November . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , thence to Cincinnati , Ohio , and Nashville , Tenn . Duty at Nashville until April 1863 , and at Carthage , Tenn . , until August . Ordered to McMinnville August 31 . March to Chattanooga September 13 – 20 . Sequatchie Valley September 21 – 23 . Missionary Ridge and Shallow Ford Gap September 22 . Near Summerville September 23 . At Sale Creek until December . Ordered to Kingston Tenn . Near Kingston December 4 . Duty near Knoxville and operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864 . Guard duty at Marietta until October . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama October 3 – 26 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia Duck River November 24 – 27 . Spring Hill November 29 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Clifton , Tenn . , until January 15 , 1865 . Moved to Washington . D . C . , thence to Fort Fisher , N . C . , January 16 - February 9 . Operations against Hoke February 11 – 14 . Fort Anderson February 18 . Town Creek February 20 . Capture of Wilmington February 22 . Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26 . Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 21 . Advance on Raleigh April 9 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at Raleigh and Greensboro until June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 246 men during service ; 1 officer and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 204 enlisted men died of disease .