5th Kentucky Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* October 22, 1861 - Organized 
* November 8, 1861 - Ivy Mountain
* November 9, 1861 - Piketon
* January 10, 1862 - Middle Creek
* May 15, 1862 - Wolf Creek
* May 15-17, 1862 - Princeton
* October 20, 1862 - Re-organized for the war
* November 18, 1862 - Consolidated into 8 companies
* August 22, 1863 - Companies added from (Desha's) Kentucky Infantry Battalion
** Company A became (III) Company I
** Company B became (III) Company K
* September 19-20, 1863 - Chickamauga
* September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
** November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
* May-September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
** May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
** May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
** May 15-18, 1864 - Adairsville
** May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
** June 25-27, 1864 - Dallas
** June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
** July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek 
** July 22, 1864 - Atlanta 
** July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
** July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
* September 4, 1864 - Unit mounted at Barnesville, Georgia
* August 5-7, 1864 - Utoy Creek
* August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
* November-December 1864 - Savannah Campaign
* February-April 1865 - Carolinas Campaign
* May 6, 1865 - Surrendered at Washington, Georgia
DESIGNATIONS
* November 1861-May 1862 - Army of Eastern Kentucky / Marshall's Brigade
* May 1862 - District of Abingdon
* May-November 1862 - Department of Southwestern Virginia / District of Abingdon
* November 1862-January 1863 - Department of Western Virginia / District of Abingdon
* January-August 1863 - Department of East Tennessee / District of Abingdon
* August-September 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Buckner's Corps / Preston's Division / Kelly's Brigade 
* September-October 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Preston's Division / Kelly's Brigade 
* October-November 1863 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Buckner's Division / Kelly's Brigade 
* November 1863-February 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* February-September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Bate's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Kentucky Brigade
* September-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* November 1864-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's/Young's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* February 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Kentucky Brigade
* February-April 1865 - Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes'/Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* April-May 1865 - President Davis' Escort / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: John S. Williams (Colonel)
* George W. Connor (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Hiram Hawkins (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Andrew J. May (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* William Mynheir (Major)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
* (Pages 37-39)
* Thompson, Edward Porter, History of the First Kentucky Brigade
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