5th Kentucky Infantry
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- 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)
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Notes
Sources
- Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 37-39)
- Thompson, Edward Porter, History of the First Kentucky Brigade