Louisiana 5th Infantry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The Louisiana 5th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at New Orleans, Louisiana, in May, 1861 with men from New Orleans and the parishes of St. Bernard, Bienville, De Soto, Lafourche, and Ouachita. Ordered to Virginia and assigned to the Department of the Peninsula, the unit totalled 744 men in April, 1862. During the war it was attached to General McLaws', Semmes', Hays', and York's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, then was involved in the Appomattox operations. The regiment reported 27 casualties at Manassas Junction, 50 at Sharpsburg, 53 at Chancellorsville, and 7 at Second Winchester. It lost more than thirty percent of the 196 engaged at Gettysburg and had 123 captured at Rappahannock Station. Only 1 officer and 18 men surrendered in April, 1865.
Booth lists some men as members of the "old 5th Infantry" and others as members of the "new 5th Inantry," but I have found no record of a reorganization. Officers:
Colonels:
Henry Forno
Theodore G. Hunt
Lieutenant Colonels:
William T. Dean
Bruce Menger
Major:
Alexander Hart
Battles:
Dam No. 1, or Lee's Mill, April 16, 1862
Williamsburg, May 4
New Bridge, May 24
White Oak Swamp, June 29
Cedar Mountain
Bristoe Station, August 26
Kettle Run, August 27
2nd Manassas, August 29-30
Chantilly, September 1
Sharpsburg, September 17
Fredericksburg, December 13
Salem Church, May 4
Winchester, June 13-15
Gettysburg, July 1
Cemetery Hill, July 2
Rappahannock Station, November 7
Wilderness, May 5, 1864
Spotsylvania, May 9-19
Mule Shoe, May 12
Petersburg Siege
Appomattox, April 9, 1865
Companies:
Company A ~ Crescent City Guards
Company B ~ Chalmette Rifle Guards
Company C ~ Bienville Guards
Company D ~ DeSoto Rifles
Company E ~ Orleans Cadet Company B
Company F ~ Orleans Southrons
Company G ~ Louisiana Swamp Rangers
Company H ~ Perret Guards
Company I ~ Carondelet Invincibles
Company K ~ Monroe Guards
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