5th Connecticut Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* Organized at Hartford July 26, 1861
* Left State for Baltimore, Md., July 29, thence moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., July 30, and duty there till August 16
* Attached to (I) Department of the Shenandoah / 1st Brigade (Thomas), Brigaded with:
** 19th New York Infantry
** (I) 28th New York Infantry
** 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry
** 28th Pennsylvania Infantry
** 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery
** 2nd United States Cavalry
** Philadelphia City Troop
* 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' 5th Army Corps, and (II) Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862
* 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862
* 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864
* 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, April, 1864
* 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps to June, 1865
* 2nd Brigade, Bartlett's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington to July, 1865
SERVICE.--
* Guard and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac till February, 1862. 
* Operations near Edward's Ferry October 20-24, 1861. 
* December 17-20, 1861 - Operations about Dams 4 and 5, Maryland
* Advance on Winchester March 1-12, 1862. 
* March 7, 1862 - Skirmish near Winchester, Virginia
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. 
* May 24, 1862 - Action at Middletown, Virginia
* May 25, 1862 - Battle of Winchester, Virginia
Retreat to Martinsburg and Williamsport May 25-June 6. At Williamsport till 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 (Co. "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., thence to Frederick, Md., September 2-12. Duty at Frederick till December 10. March to Fairfax Station December 10-14, and duty there till January 19, 1863. Moved to Stafford C. H. January 19-23, and duty there till April 27. 
* April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
** May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
* June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign 
** July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 
* July 12, 1863 - Skirmish near Williamsport, MarylandNot originally referenced on unit homepage
Funkstown, Md., July 12. Snicker's Gap, Va., July 21. Near Raccoon Ford, Va., till September 24. March to Brandy Station, thence to Bealeton and movement to Stevenson, Ala., September 24-October 3. Guard duty along Nashville and Chattanooga R. R. at Cowan and Cumberland Tunnel till April, 1864. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Cassville May 19. 
** New Hope Church May 25. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** 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. 
** Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** August 16, 1864 - Skirmish at Allatoona, Georgia
** Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26-September 2. 
** September 2-November 15 - Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
* November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
** Montieth Swamp December 9. 
** December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
* January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** 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 May 24. 
* Mustered out (old members July 22, 1864) July 19, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
 
 
 Field and Staff Officers
 
 
 Regimental Band
 
 
 Company A
 
 
 Company B
 
 
 Company C
 
 
 Company D
 
 
 Company E
 
 
 Company F
 
 
 Company G
 
 
 Company H
 
 
 Company I
 
 
 Company K
 
 
 Unassigned
 
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== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 104 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 82 Enlisted men by disease. Total 193.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 272, 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 717, 719, 721, 723, 759, 762, 827, 834, 896, 900, 905, 916, 1008-1009)
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