| 5th U.S. Light Artillery, Battery "K" | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1861 - 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Field Artillery Branch (United States) |
| Engagements | Siege of Yorktown Seven Days Battles Battle of Beaver Dam Creek Battle of Gaines's Mill Battle of Malvern Hill Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Shepherdstown Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Chattanooga Campaign Atlanta Campaign Siege of Atlanta |
Battery "K" 5th Regiment of Artillery was a light artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment of the United States Army, first formed in 1861 in the Regular Army as the 5th Regiment of Artillery.
During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. Also known as the Federal Army, it proved essential to the preservation of the United States as a working, viable republic.
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. War broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States. The loyalists of the Union in the North, which also included some geographically western and southern states, proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights in order to uphold slavery.
