The 5th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized April 20th 1861, for three
months service at Camp Harrison. They
were mustered into service May 8th 1861 and moved to Camp Dennison
where the men were on duty until June 20th 1861. When their three months were up, most of the
men reenlisted and the regiment was reorganized for three years under the
command of Colonel Samuel H Dunning.
The men of
the 5th were sent in 1862 to the Shenandoah Valley, where they
received heavy casualties at the First Battle of Winchester in March. Following that the Battle of Port Republic on
June 9th 1862 saw the 5th faced with 244 casualties. At the Battle of Antietam on September 17th
1862 they took part in the fighting in the Cornfield, and pushed the
Confederates they faced south of the Dunker Church, before running out of
ammunition and having to fall back. The
next year the 5th had replaced its lost men and was in action at the
Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Later that year the 5th was transferred to the western
theater and became a part of the XX Corps, serving under General Joseph Hooker,
where they would fight at the Battle of Lookout Mountain. In 1864 - 1865 the 5th was with
Union General William T Sherman and took part in the March to the Sea and the
Carolina Campaign.
Serving
throughout the Civil War the men of the 5th Ohio fought in 28
battles. They mustered out of service
July 26th 1865. There were
146 men killed or mortally wounded, and another 57 who died from disease while
serving.
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