5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (other)
5th Missouri Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate), a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War * 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union, 3 months), a Union regiment that existed in 1861 * 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union, 3 years) The 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment was organized at St. Louis in March 1862 It was constructed by Major General Hen ...

5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
The 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment entered into service on September 1, 1862, when the elements of two preceding battalions were combined. Many of the men entering the regiment had seen service with the secessionist Missouri State Guard. James McCown was the regiment's first colonel. After playing a minor role at the Battle of Iuka on September 19, the regiment then fought in the Second Battle of Corinth on October 3 and 4th. After being only lightly engaged on the 3rd, the regiment charged the Union lines on the 4th, capturing a fortification known as Battery Powell. However, Union reinforcements counterattacked and drove the regiment from the field. In early 1863, the regiment was transferred to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, where it built fortifications. The unit spent part of April operating in Louisiana, before again crossing the Mississippi River to return to ...
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5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union, 3 Months)
The 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment evolved from a network of several unofficial pro-Unionist militia groups formed semi-secretly in St. Louis in the early months of 1861 by Congressman Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and other Unionist activists. The Fifth Missouri was largely composed of ethnic Germans, who were generally opposed to slavery and strongly supportive of the Unionist cause. Although initially without any official standing, beginning on April 22, 1861, the militia regiments Blair helped organize were sworn into Federal service at the St. Louis Arsenal by Captain John Schofield acting on the authority of President Lincoln. Upon entry into Federal service the members of the Fifth Missouri elected C. E. Solomon colonel of the regiment.Rombaur, Robert Julius, ''The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861'', St. Louis, St. Louis Municipal Centennial Year, 1909, p407 Military service After the breakdown of negotiations between Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and General Nat ...
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