The Service of the 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- Formed during the winter of 1861-62 at Fort Snelling, the first detachment (Co. A) being mustered into service Dec. 19, 1861. The organization was completed March 20, 1862. The 5th Regiment was the last of the original 500,000 man quota called for by President Lincoln from Minnesota.
- The Fifth Regiment numbered eight hundred and sixty men, rank and file, at the time of organization. The Regiment would later receieve some three hundred and three recruits and drafted men, making a total of 1,162 names borne upon its rolls during its time of service. This means that the 5th Regiment would loose slightly over a third of its original members during service to disease, infirmity, and death.
- When organization was complete and travel possible, Co. A shipped south (followed shortly by Co.'s E through K), while Co.'s B, C, D were assigned to garrison the Minnesota frontier posts of Fort Ridgely, Ripley, and Abercrombie respectively.
- Like most regiments raised in Minnesota, the 5th was comprised of men from all over the state. Co. A was drawn principally from Goodhue and Dodge counties. Co. B largely from Fillmore county. Co. C from Freeborn and Faribault. Co. D largely from Carver and Ramsey. Co. E from Ramsey, Scott, Carver and Hennepin. Co. F from Waseca, Ramsey, Anoka, Faribault and Le Sueur. Co. G from Wabasha and Dakota. Co. H from Goohue and Wabasha. Co. I from Ramsey, Hennepin, Dakota, Dodge, Mower, Olmsted and Scott. Co. K from Washington principally.
- Farmington, Miss., May 28, 1862 (Co. A)
- Redwood, Minn., Aug 18, 1862 (Co. B, Dakota Conflict)
- Fort Ridgely, Minn., Aug. 20-22, 1862 (Co.'s B & C, Dakota Conflict)
- Fort Abercrombie, Minn., Sept. 3-6, 1862 (Co. D, Dakota Conflict)
- Iuka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862 (Co. A)
- Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4, 1862 (Co. A)
- Mississippi Springs, Miss., May 13, 1863 (5th Regiment from here on)
- Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863
- Assault on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 (More on the campaign here.)
- Sartaria, Miss., June 4, 1863
- Mechanicsburg, Miss., June 6, 1863
- Richmond, La., June 14, 1863
- Canton, Miss., Oct. 16, 1863
- Brownsville, Miss., Oct. 18, 1863
- Barton's Station, Miss., Oct. 20, 1863
- Assault on Fort De Russy, La., March 14, 1864
- Henderson's Hill, La., March 21, 1864
- Grand Ecore, La., April 2, 1864
- Compti, La., April 3, 1864
- Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864
- Cloutierville, La., April 23, 1864
- Cane River, La., April 24, 1864
- Moore's Plantation, La., May 3, 1864
- Bayou La Moure, La., May 6 and 7, 1864
- Bayou Roberts, La., May 7, 1864
- Mansura, La., May 16, 1864
- Bayou De Glaise, La., May 18 and 19, 1864
- Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6, 1864
- Tupelo, Miss., July 14, 1864
- Oxford, Miss., Aug. 21, 1864
- Abbeyville, Miss., Aug. 23, 1864
- Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15 and 16, 1864 (Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Inc.)
- Fish River, Ala., March 24, 1865
- Capture of Spanish Fort, Ala., April 8, 1865
- Fort Blakely, Ala., April 9, 1865
- Garrison Duty at Montgomery, Selma, and Demopolis, Ala., until August, 1865
- Regiment mustered out of service Sept. 6, 1865
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