History of the 5th Michigan Regiment

Regiment Band 1861-1865 Date
Mustered August 28, 1861
Left for Washington D.C.
Attached to Richardson’s Brigade,
Heintzelman’s Division,
Army of the Potomac
September 11, 1861
Attached to Berry’s 3rd Brigade,
Kearney’s 3rd Division,
3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
March 1862
Attached to the 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, 3rd Corps,
Army of the Potomac
August, 1862
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,
2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
March 1864
Mustered Out July, 1865
Engagement Date
Duty in defenses of Washington D.C. Sept 13, 1861 – March 10, 1862
Reconnaissance to Occoquan October 21 – 24, 1861
Pohick Run, Va January 9, 1862
Advance to Manassas, Va March 10 – 15, 1862
Moved to Virginia Peninsula March 17, 1862
Peninsula Campaign March – April, 1862
Siege of Yorktown, VA April 4 – May 5, 1862
Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines May 31 – June 1, 1862
Seven Days Before Richmond June 25 – July 1, 1862
Oak Grove June 25, 1862
Savage Station and Peach Orchard June 29, 1862
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30, 1862
Malvern Hill July 1, 1862
Duty at Harrison’s Landing till August 16, 1862
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16 – 26, 1862
Battle of Groveton August 29, 1862
Battle of Bull Run August 30, 1862
Battle of Chantilly September 1
Duty in Defenses of Washington D.C. till October 11, 1862
March up the Potomac to Leesburg, and thence to Falmouth October 11, 1862 – November 23, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg, VA December 12 – 15, 1862
“Mud March” January 20 – 24, 1863
At Falmouth till April 27, 1863
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27, 1863 – May 6, 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville, VA May 1 – 5, 1863
Gettysburg, PA Campaign June 11, 1863 – July 24, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg, PA July 1 – 3, 1863
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, VA July 5 – 24, 1863
Action at Wapping Heights, VA July 23, 1863
On detached duty at New York City and Troy, NY August 16, 1863 – September 17, 1863
Bristoe Campaign October 9 – 22, 1863
Auburn October 13, 1863
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7 – 8, 1863
Kelly’s Ford November 7, 1863
Mine Run Campaign November 26 – December 2, 1863
Payne’s Farm November 27, 1863
Veterans on Furlough January 4 – February 14, 1864
Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6 – 7, 1864
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4 – June 15, 1864
Battle of the Wilderness May 5 – 7, 1864
Battle of Laurel Hill May 8, 1864
Spottsylvania May 8 – 12, 1864
Po River May 10, 1864
Spottsylvania Court House May 12 – 21, 1864
Assault on the Salient (“Bloody Angle”) May 12, 1864
Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road May 19, 1864
North Anna River May 23 – 26, 1864
On Line of the Pamunkey May 26 – 28, 1864
Totopotomoy May 28 – 31, 1864
Cold Harbor June 1 -12, 1864
Before Petersburg June 16 – 18, 1864
Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864 – April 2, 1865
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad June 22 – 23, 1864
Demonstration on north side of the James July 27 – 29, 1864
Deep Bottom July 27 – 28, 1864
Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom August 13 – 20, 1864
Strawberry Plains August 14 – 18, 1864
Poplar Springs Church September 29 – October 2, 1864
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run October 27 – 28, 1864
Warren’ Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7 – 12, 1864
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run February 5 – 7, 1865
Watkins’ House March 25, 1865
Appomattox Campaign March 28 – April 9, 1865
White Oak Road March 30 – 31, 1865
Crow’s House March 31, 1865
Fall of` Petersburg April 2, 1865
Pursuit of Lee April 3 – 9, 1865
Sailor’s Creek April 6, 1865
High Bridge April 7, 1865
Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865
Surrender of Lee and his army
March to Washington D.C. May 2 – 12, 1865
Grand Review May 23, 1865
Moved to Louisville, Kentucky June 10 – 14, 1865
at Jefferson, Indiana till July 6, 1865
Mustered Out July 5, 1865