The 5th Indiana Volunteers, also known as the 5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that participated in the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

. The unit was formed and commanded by future Kansas Senator James Henry Lane who had recently returned from commanding the 3rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

Mahlon Dickerson Manson Mahlon Dickerson Manson (February 20, 1820 – February 4, 1895) was a druggist, Indiana politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. Biography Manson was born in Piqua, Ohio, to David Manson, Jr., and Sarah Cornwall. He was a ...

, later a member of Congress and a general in the

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served as captain of Company "I" in the regiment. The regiment remained in Mexico for the duration of the war.

References

* Perry, Oran, Adjutant-General, ''Indiana in the Mexican War'', Indianapolis, 1908.

External links

5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Mexican War) Field and Staff Officers
Indiana in the Mexican–American War Military units and formations of the Mexican–American War {{US-Army-stub