5th Maryland Infantry Regiment

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5th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry
ActiveSeptember 1861 to September 1, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Antietam
Second Battle of Winchester
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
Battle of Hatcher's Run
Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Appomattox Court House

The 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 5th Maryland Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Maryland in September 1861 for three-years service and mustered in under the command of Colonel William Louis Schley.

The regiment was attached to Dix's Division, Baltimore, Maryland, to March 1862. Fort Monroe, Virginia, to July 1862. Weber's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Virginia, VII Corps, Department of Virginia, to September 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1862. Point of Rocks Defenses, Upper Potomac, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, VIII Corps, to July 1863. Defenses of Baltimore, Maryland, VIII Corps, to January 1864. District of Delaware, VIII Corps, to June 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the James, to August 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XVIII Corps, to December 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIV Corps, to July 1865. 2nd Independent Brigade, XXIV Corps, to September 1865.

The 5th Maryland Infantry mustered out of the service on September 1, 1865 at Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Detailed service

Camp at LaFayette Square, Baltimore, Md., until March 1862. Ordered to Fort Monroe, Va., March 11, 1862. Duty there and at Suffolk, Va., to September 1862. Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Antietam, Md., September 8-16. Battle of Antietam, September 16-17. Moved to Harpers Ferry September 22 and duty there until January 1863. Reconnaissance to Charleston October 16-17. At Point of Rocks and Maryland Heights protecting the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad until June 1863. Moved to Winchester, Va., June 2. Battle of Winchester June 13-15, where the regiment was mostly captured. Members of the regiment not captured were at Bloody Run, Pa., and Loudon, Pa., until July. Duty in the defenses of Baltimore, Middle Department, until January 1864, and in the District of Delaware, Middle Department, until June 1864. Ordered to join the Army of the Potomac in the field June 4, 1864. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., June 16, 1864 to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (reserve). Duty in trenches before Petersburg until September 27. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches before Richmond until April 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. Pursuit of Lee to Appomattox Court House April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty in the Department of Virginia until September.

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Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 161 men during service; 1 officer and 63 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 6 officers and 91 enlisted men due to disease.

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