5th Regiment, Maryland Infantry

Brief History
The 5th Regiment, Maryland Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Md., September, 1861. It mustered out September 1, 1865, at Fredericksburg, Va.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 5th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 21 March 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
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. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices and Staff - see Roster on page 181 -182
 * Company A - many men from Cecil Country - see Roster on page 183 - 186
 * Company B - many men from Baltimore City, Baltimore County- see Roster on page 187 - 190
 * Company C - many men from Baltimore City, Baltimore County - see Roster on page 190 - 193
 * Company D - many men from Baltimore City, Baltimore County - see Roster on page 194 - 197
 * Company E - many men from Frederick Country and Baltimore City, Baltimore County - see Roster on page 198 - 201
 * Company F - many men from Baltimore City, Baltimore County - see Roster on page 202 - 205
 * Company G - many men from Baltimore City, Baltimore County - see Rosteron page 206 - 209
 * Company H - many men from Baltimore City, Baltimore County - see Roster on page 210 - 213
 * Company I - many men from Cecil County - see Roster on page 214 - 217
 * Company K - many men from Baltimore City, Baltimore County - see Roster on page 217 - 221
 * Unassighed Enlisted Men - see Roster on page 221

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 5th Regiment, Maryland Infantry in L. Allison Wilmer, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. 1898. History and roster of Maryland volunteers, war of 1861-5. Baltimore: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil &amp; Co. other library INTERNET ARCHIVE

Other Sources

 * 5th Maryland Infantry Regimenttime line


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 28 Dec 2012) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Maine to New Jersey (go to Maryland)


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Maryland in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Maryland in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Maryland, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Racine, J. Polk. Recollections of a veteran, or, Four years in Dixie. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990),.