5th Louisiana Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* May 25, 1861 - Organized at Camp Moore
** May 25 - Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Moore
** June 4, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service for the war at Camp Moore
* April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
* April 16, 1862 - Lee's Mill
* May 4, 1862 - Skirmish at Williamsburg
* May 24, 1862 - New Bridge
* June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
* June 29, 1862 - Savage's Station
* June 29, 1862 - White Oak Swamp
* July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
* August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
* August 26, 1862 - Bristoe Station
* August 27, 1862 - Kettle Run
* August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
* September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
* September 12-15, 1862 - Harper's Ferry
* September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
* December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
* April 29, 1863 - Rappahannock River, near Fredericksburg
* May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
* May 4, 1863 - Salem Church
* June 14-15, 1863 - 2nd Winchester
* July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
* September 17, 1863 - Raccoon Ford [one company]
* October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
* November 7, 1863 - Rappahannock Station
* November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
* May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
* May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
* May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
* June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
* June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
* July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
* July 24, 1862 - Kernstown
* August 25, 1864 - Shepherdstown
* September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
* September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
* November 1864-April 9, 1865 - Field consolidation with the 6th Louisiana Infantry and 7th Louisiana Infantry
* October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
* June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg (from December 1864)
* February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
* March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
* April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
* April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
* April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
** Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
* Department of the Peninsula (June-October 1861)
* Department of the Peninsula / Hunt's Brigade (October 1861)
* Department of the Peninsula / McLaws' Division (January-April 1862)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / McLaws' Brigade (April-May 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / McLaws' Brigade (May-June 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Semmes' Brigade (June-July 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / Semmes' Brigade (July 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's/Early's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (July 1862-May 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Early's/Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (May-June 1864)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (June-December 1864)
* Department of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Theodore G. Hunt (Colonel)
* William T. Dean (Major)
* Henry Forno (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Alexander Hunt (Major)
* Bruce Menger (Lieutenant Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Jones, Terry L. Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia
* (Pages 75-77)
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