HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Kentucky 5th Infantry Regiment, assembled during the late summer of 1861, included Freeman's Kentucky Infantry Battalion. Its members were raised in the counties of Pendleton, Breathitt, Morgan, Magoffin, Bath, Owen, Grant, Jessamine, Henderson, Harrison, Shelby, and Franklin. Being a twelve-month unit, when it became teim to reenlist some of its members refused and were transferred to the 9th Kentucky Regiment. Later men of the 5th did reenlist for the duration of the war. It became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. The regiment reported 134 casualties in the Battle of Shiloh, then was active at Baton Rouge. It was prominent at Chickamauga and later took an active part in the Atlanta Campaign. In the fall of 1864 it was mounted, aided in the defense at Savannah, and fought in the Carolinas. The unit had 91 men disabled at Chickamauga, totalled 201 men and 165 arms in December, 1863, and surrendered on April 26, 1865.
OFFICERS:
Colonels:
• Hiram Hawkins
• Andrew J. May
• John S. Williams
Lieutenant Colonels:
• John W. Caldwell
• George W. Conner
Majors:
• Richard Hawes
• William Mynheir ASSIGNMENTS:
Assigned to Kelly's and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Tennessee
SERVICE:
Ivy Mountain – November 8, 1861 Shiloh, TN - Apr. 6-7, 1862
Chickamauga- September 19-20, 1863
Chattanooga Siege- September-November 1863
Chattanooga- November 23-25, 1863
Atlanta Campaign- May-September 1864
Rocky Face Ridge- May 5-11, 1864
Resaca- May 14-15, 1864
Adairsville- May 15-18, 1864
Hew Hope Church- May 25-June 4, 1864
Dallas- June 25-27, 1864
Kennesaw Mountain- June 27, 1864
Peach Tree Creek- July 20, 1864
Atlanta- July 22, 1864
Ezra Church- July 28, 1864
Atlanta Seige- July-September 1864
Utoy Creek- August 5-7, 1864
Jonesboro- August 31-September 1, 1864
Savannah-Mounted Campaign- November-December 1864
Carolinas Campaign- February-May 1865 Aiken, SC - Feb. 11, 1865
Surrender- May 6, 1865 at Washington, Georgia Roster:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 3065 men.
Members were recruited in the counties of Pendleton, Breathitt, Morgan, Magoffin, Bath, Owen, Grant, Jessamine, Henderson, Harrison, Shelby, and Franklin.
Bibliography for Research: U. S. Government Printing Office.Official Records of the American Civil War Cartersville, GA. Eastern Digital Resources.
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