5th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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5th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Ohio state flag
Active1861–1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchVolunteer Army, American Civil War
TypeInfantry
Size1,080 soldiers (July 1861)[1]
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Insignia
2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland
5th Ohio Infantry Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield.

The 5th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an

Western Theaters in a series of campaigns and battles. It was noted for its holding the high ground at the center of the line at Antietam as part of Tyndale's 1st Brigade, Greene's 2nd Division of Mansfield's XII Corps.[2]

Organization and service

The 5th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Harrison near Cincinnati on 20 April 1861, for three months service. The men were mustered into service on 8 May. The regiment moved to Camp Dennison on 23 May, and was on duty there until 20 June.

After its initial term of enlistment expired, the regiment was reorganized on 20 June 1861, for three years, under Colonel Samuel H. Dunning. The remaining three-months men who did not re-enlist in the new regiment were mustered out on 24 July.

The regiment served in

Northern Virginia Campaign.[3]

The 5th Ohio Infantry was heavily involved in the fighting at the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862. It was part of Major General Joseph Mansfield's XII Corps and Lt. Col.

66th Ohio Infantry, and 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiments. Entering the battle in support of Joseph Hooker's I Corps, Tyndale's brigade inflicted heavy casualties on Alfred H. Colquitt's brigade and helped drive the Confederates out of the Cornfield. Pushing the Confederates south to the Dunker Church, Tyndale's men held the area until the afternoon when lack of support, heavy losses and low ammunition compelled them to retreat.[4]

In 1863, the partially replenished 5th Ohio Infantry fought in the

XX Corps under Joseph Hooker, the regiment participated in the Battle of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee
.

The following year, the regiment served in the forces under

Carolinas Campaign
.

During the Civil War, the 5th Ohio Infantry participated in 28 battles and sustained a loss of more than 500 men killed, wounded and prisoners.[3]

See also

  • Ohio in the Civil War

Notes

  1. ^ Ohio at Antietam: Report of the Ohio Antietam Battlefield Commission. Springfield, Ohio: Springfield Publishing Company, State Printers, 1904. 30.
  2. ^ Bailey (1984), p. 140; Carman (2019), p. 105.
  3. ^ a b Stevens, Larry, Ohio in the Civil War: 5th OVI Retrieved 28 October 2008
  4. ^ Priest, John Michael. Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

References

  • Bailey, Ronald H. (1984). The Bloodiest Day: The Battle of Antietam. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books.
    ISBN 0-8094-4740-1
    .
  • OCLC 1112386435
    . Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  • Dyer, Frederick Henry, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 volumes. New York: T. Yoseloff, 1908.
  • Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers. Volume 2. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin, 1868.

Further reading

  • Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, compiled under the direction of the Roster commission. 12 vol. Akron: Werner Co., 1886–95.

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