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The
Fifth
Regiment
Infantry
saw
its
first
active
service
in
front
of
New
Madrid,
when
Companies
A
and
B
occupied
the
skirmish
line.
Did
brilliant
service
in
the
operations
against
Island
No.
10,
and
after
its
surrender
were
directed
to
inscribe
“New
Madrid”
and
“Island
No.
10”
upon
its
flag.
At
Iuka,
September
19,
1862,
the
regiment
lost
heavily.
During
April
and
May,
1863
heavily
skirmishing
in
Louisiana
and
Mississippi,
and
participated
in
the
operations
before
Vicksburg.
At
Chattanooga,
one-third
of
the
regiment
was
captured.
At
Mission
Ridge,
the
brave
old
Fifth
was
again
on
the
skirmish
line.
Mustered
out
at
Kingston,
Alabama.
[NOTE:- This regiment was
disbanded August 1864]
Company K.
|
Surname |
First Name |
Rank
Enlistment |
Notes |
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Malvin |
Dan'l
S. |
Captain |
Commissioned
2nd Lieut., promoted 1st
Lieut. 1 Feb
1862,
Promoted. Capt. 1 Mar 1862,
reduced to 1st Lieut.
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Darling |
Jerome |
Corpl.
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Promoted to
1st Sergt, then 2nd Lieut, 31
Sept 1862; Died 17May
1863 of wounds received at
vattle of Champion Hills. |
|
Smith |
O. H. |
Sergeant
|
Captured 25
Nov 1862 at Chattanooga. |
|
Crosier |
Wm T. |
Corporal
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Setchfield |
Wm. |
Corporal
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Wounded at
Iuka 19 Sept 1862 |
|
Burrington |
C.
L. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Missing after
battle of Iuka. |
|
Borrett |
Wm. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Committed
suicide on steamer War Eagle
19 Sept 1861 |
|
Carlton |
Geo. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Doolittle |
A.
K. |
Enlistment: 22 Dec 1863 |
- |
|
Doolittle |
Wm.
A. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Field |
Job M. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Captured at
Chattanooga, 25 Nov 1863 |
|
Field |
S. W.
F. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Killed in the
battle of Iuka, 19 Sept 1862 |
|
Griffin |
Asel |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Gilbert |
N. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Discharged for
disability 13 Feb 1862
|
|
Hallenbeck |
J.
|
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Captured at
Chattanooga 25 Nov 1863 |
|
Healey |
John |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Died 27 Sept
1862 of wounds received at
Iuka |
|
Luckinbill |
E. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Moshier |
Tunis |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Noble |
A. F. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Shryock |
S. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Wounded in
battle at Luka, 19 Sept 1862 |
|
Truby |
R. B. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Died 27 March
1862, at St. Louis. |
|
Watson |
Geo.
F. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
- |
|
Webb |
Jas. |
Enlistment: July 1, 1861 |
Captured at
Chattanooga, 25 Nov 1863 |
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~ source: The
History of Delaware County, Iowa Chicago: Western
Historical Co., 1878, pgs 441-442.
~ Transcribed by Constance Diamond for
Delaware County IAGenWeb
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