5th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

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Brief History
The 5th Regiment Connecticut Infantry was organized at Hartford, Connecticut and mustered in July 26, 1861. On the 19th of July, 1865, the regiment was mustered out of service.

For more information on the 5th Regiment Connecticut Infantry and its history, see:


 * Regimental History - Marvin, Edwin E., The Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers : a history compiled from diaries and official report, ( Hartford, Press of Wiley, Waterman &amp; Eatons, 1889). Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082918 (5 fiche), FHL US/CAN Film 1597551 Item 9.

Companies in this Regiment
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. This regiment was composed of men from all over Connecticut.

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company D

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

Company Rosters

 * Adjutant General's Office, United States Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment 1,2,3,4, and 5th. Catalogue of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th regiments, Connecticut volunteers, 1861, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991). Available at the Family History Library,


 * Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864, (Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood, 1864), page 220. Available Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1550802.


 * Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), page 248. Includes index. Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  (10 fiche) or

Source Material

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 2 Apr 2011), can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book,Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat, (accessed 2 Apr 2011).


 * Footnote.com, (accessed 2 Apr 2011). (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).


 * The Civil War in the East - Timeline of the 5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment


 * by Edward V. Preston at the Salt Lake City Family History Library.


 * Fifth Connecticut Volunteers, dedication, excursion and reunion, at Gettysburg, August 8th, 9th and 10th, 1887 by Edwin E. Marvin. Read online book at American Libraries.


 * The Original 5th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Taken from an article written by Guy Mazzerella. Link included to Regimental Flags