5th United States Artillery / Battery H

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized September, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., November, 1861, thence to Munfordsville, Ky., and duty there until February, 1862. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, Army Ohio, to May, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. Artillery, 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. Cumberland, to April, 1865. Dept. of the East to ?.

SERVICE.--Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., to reinforce Army Tennessee March 20-April 8.

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

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in North 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 1-16. Lawrenceburg, Ky., October 8. Dog Walk October 9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Kimbrough's Mills, Mill Creek, December 6. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. 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
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
• At Chattanooga until March 25, 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., until August 31.
• Pulaski September 27.
• Moved to Tullahoma September 29.
• Operations against Wheeler October.
• Moved to Nashville, Tenn., October 31, and duty there until April, 1865.
• Moved to Fort Richmond, N.Y., April, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source

Source	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer	None listed	None
Fox	None listed	Fox lists this unit as 6th on the list of units "sustaining greatest loss in action" (Regular Army Light Artillery Companies) but offers no specific numbers for these commands
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, 847, 860, 862, 866, 1708)
• 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. (Page 7)