5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment


The 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Service

On October 23, 1861, Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott sent correspondence to Minnesota Governor Alexander Ramsey, authorizing him to raise a fifth regiment of infantry in the state. The 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between March 15 and April 30, 1862. The 5th Minnesota Infantry took part in the following battles and actions:

The regiment was mustered out on September 6, 1865.

Casualties

The 5th Minnesota Infantry suffered 4 officers and 86 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officers and 175 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 269
fatalities.

Colonels