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5th Vermont Infantry

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Structure
Battles
Notable Soldiers
References
External links

The 5th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry (or 5th VVI) was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Structure

The 5th Vermont Infantry was part of the Army of the Potomac, in the Vermont Brigade of the Sixth Army Corps. ^[1] It included a total of 1618 soldiers. The regiment was mustered into Federal service on September 16, 1861, at St. Albans, Vermont. The regiment lost during service: 201 men killed and mortally wounded, 4 died from accident, 1 executed, 21 died in Confederate prisons and 112 died from disease; total loss: 339. The regiment mustered out of service on June 29, 1865. ^[2]^[3]

Battles

The 5th Regiment participated in the (listed chronologically): ^[4]

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Defense of Washington
Siege of Yorktown
Battle of Williamsburg
Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm
Battle of Savage's Station
Maryland Campaign
Battle of Crampton's Gap
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Salem Church
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Cedar Creek
Third Battle of Petersburg
Battle of Appomattox Court House

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Notable Soldiers

Charles G. Gould, Captain and Medal of Honor recipient.
Lewis A. Grant, Major in the 5th VVI and Medal of Honor recipient.
Jackson Sargent, Medal of Honor recipient.
Robert Pratt, Captain in the 5th VVI and Mayor of Minneapolis, MN.

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/5/|title=Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget|website=www.vermontcivilwar.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-18}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?unit_id=400|title=5th Vermont Infantry|website=antietam.aotw.org|access-date=2018-03-18}}
3. ^[https://vermontcivilwar.org/units/5/ The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65]. Madison, WI.: Federal Publishing Company, 1908, pp. 110-111.
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/vermont/5th-vermont/|title=5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment|work=The Civil War in the East|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140105175118/http://www.vtguard.com/museum/default.html Vermont National Guard Library and Museum]
[https://vermontcivilwar.org/units/5/picx.php 5th Vermont Infantry Portrait Gallery]

3 : Vermont Civil War regiments|Vermont Brigade|1861 establishments in Vermont

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