5th Kentucky Infantry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as The "Louisville Legion"

Organized at Camp Joe, Holt, Ky., September 9, 1861. Attached to Rousseau's 1st Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin to November, 1861. 4th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, to September, 1864.

SERVICE.--Moved to Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., September 17, 1861, and duty there until October 14. Duty at Bacon Creek and Green River until February, 1862. March to Nashville, Tenn., February 17-March 3; thence march to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6.

• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Bridge Creek May 27. Duty at Corinth until June 10. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15.

• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky

Dog Walk, Ky., October 8-9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Kimbrough's Mills December 6. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Nolensville December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 22-July 7. Liberty Gap June 22-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• Brown's Ferry October 27.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • November 23-25, 1863 - Battles of Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Orchard Knob November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27.
• March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8.
• Campaign in East Tennessee December, 1863, to April, 1864.
• May 1-July 25, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Adairsville May 17.
  • Near Kingston May 18-19.
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Pickett's Mills May 27.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
  • Pace's Ferry July 5.
  • Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
• Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., July 25; thence to Louisville, Ky.
  • Mustered out September 14, 1864.
• Veterans moved to Nashville July 25 and duty there until January, 1865.
  • Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16.
  • Pursuit of Hood December 17-28.
• Moved to Louisville, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York and Hilton Head, S.C., and rejoin Sherman at Raleigh, N. C., April, 1865.
• April ?-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
• Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June.
• Mustered out July 25, 1865.)

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source

Source	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer	8 Officers and 149 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 2 Officers and 143 enlisted men killed by disease Total 302	None
Fox	15.3% Casualty Rate (157 Killed/1020 Enrolled) Fox lists this unit as: 19th on the list of units with losses based on "maximum percentage of enrollment" 22nd on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (1st of the Kentucky troops)	None
WotRWiki Statistics	0 troops killed Includes 0 troops mortally wounded Includes 0 troops killed by disease All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	This feature is not yet available. Check back soon for updates!

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 733, 846, 860, 862, 866, 1199-1200)
• Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Pages 8, 11)