5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment

5th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Flag of Minnesota
Active	March 15, 1862 to August 7, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

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

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

The regiment was mustered out on September 6, 1865.

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.

List of Minnesota Civil War Units

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