5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 5th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry
dates= October 14, 1863 to August 21, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Five Forks
The 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The regiment was consolidated from the recruits and veterans of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry and men recruited for the unformed 31st and 37th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiments. Later recruits and veterans of the 12th New York and 84th New York joined the regiment. The regiment was mustered out of service on August 21, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 8 officers and 91 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 90 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 189 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer,
Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel
ee also
*List of New York Civil War regiments
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionny.htm The Civil War Archive]
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