5th Tennessee Infantry (U)

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Barboursville, Ky., and Harrison, Tenn., February and March, 1862. Attached to 25th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division Centre, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to April, 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Spear's Tennessee Brigade, Chattanooga, Tenn., to December, 1863. Spear's Tennessee Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Rousseau's 3rd Division, 12th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1865. Post of Nashville, Tenn., to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
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 East Tennessee until April, 1864. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Cartersville May 20. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. 
** Lost Mountain June 15-17. 
** Muddy Creek June 17. 
** Cheney's Farm June 22. 
** Olley's Farm June 26-27. 
** Assault on Kenesaw June 27. 
** Nickajack Creek July 2-5. 
** Chattahootchie River July 5-17. 
** Decatur July 19. 
** Howard House July 20. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Utoy Creek August 5-7. 
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. 
** Near Rough and Ready August 31. 
** Jonesboro September 1. 
** Lovejoy Station September 2-6. 
* At Decatur until October. 
* Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North 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. 
* March 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** 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. 
* Mustered out June 30, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 204 Enlisted men by disease. Total 246.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 704, 705, 707, 715, 1645)
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