United States Regiments & Batteries > Michigan > Fifth Michigan Infantry Regiment
The Fifth Michigan Infantry Regiment mustered 1,350 men and lost 16 officers and 247 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 188 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| August 28 | The Fifth Michigan Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered in at Detroit, Michigan. |
| September 11 | Left Michigan for Washington, D.C. |
| September 13 | Attached to Richardson’s Brigade and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
| October 3 | Attached to Richardson’s Brigade, Heintzelman’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
| October 21-24 | Reconnaissance to Occoquan |
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1862
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| January 9 | Pohick Run, Virginia. |
| March, 1862 | Attached to Berry’s 3rd Brigade, Kearny’s 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 10-15 | Advance to Manassas, Virginia. |
| March 17 | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
| March to August. |
Peninsula Campaign |
| April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
| June 25 |
Oak Grove |
| June 29 |
Savage Station and Peach Orchard |
| June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
| July 2 – August 16 | Duty at Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-26 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps |
| August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas) |
| September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
| September 2 – October 11 | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D, C. |
| October 11-November 23 | March up the Potomac to Leesburg, and then to Falmouth. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| January 25 – April 27 | At Falmouth |
| April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe Fifth Michigan Infantry Regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel John Pulford, who was wounded on July 2nd – the third of five times during the war. From the monument at Gettysburg:Effective strength July 2nd 1863; present and detached service 21 officers and 262 men, total 283. Casualties: Killed 2 officers, 17 men; Wounded 8 officers 78 men; Missing 4 men; Total 109. The regiment fought here about 4:30 o’clock p.m., July 2, 1863, after it had been assembled from the skirmish line far in advance of this position. It moved to the support of the 2nd Corps in resisting Pickett’s Charge, July 3. |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
| July 23 |
Action at Wapping Heights, Va. |
| August 16-September 17 | On detached duty at New York City and at Troy, N.Y. |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| October 13 | Auburn |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 |
Kelly’s Ford |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 | Payne’s Farm |
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1864
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| January 4 to February 14 |
Veterans on furlough |
| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps |
| May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
| May 10 |
Po River |
| May 12 |
Assault on the Salient (“Bloody Angle”) |
| May 19 |
Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 8-31 |
Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration on north side of the James |
| July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom |
| August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
| September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
| October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| December 7-12 |
Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 25 | Watkins’ House |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 30-31 |
White Oak Road |
| March 31 | Crow’s House |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
| April 7 |
High Bridge |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army |
| May 2-12 | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 10-14 | Moved to Louisville, Ky. |
| June 15 – July 5 | At Jeffersonville, Ind. |
| July 3 | The Fifth Michigan Infantry Regiment mustered out |