5th United States Artillery / Battery M

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized November, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to December, 1862. Reserve Artillery, Yorktown, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1863. Unattached Artillery, 4th Army Corps, Yorktown, Va., to July, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to December, 1864. Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to January, 1865. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--

• ?-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
  • April 5-May 4, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
  • Duty at Yorktown, Va., until July, 1863.
  • June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia

Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7, 1863. Expedition from White House to Bottom's Bridge July 1-7. Joined 6th Army Corps, July, 1863. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.

• May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
  • May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
  • May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
    • May 12, 1864 - Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
  • May 22-26, 1864 - Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
  • May 26-28, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
  • May 28-31, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
  • June 1-12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia

Operations against Petersburg June 17 to July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22. Movement to Washington, D. C, May 9-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 6-November 28. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., until April, 1865, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• The 5th Regiment of Artillery lost during service 7 Officers and 87 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 145 Enlisted men by disease. Total 240.

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 902, 932, 933, 934, 936, 938, 939, 940, 941, 1709)