Publisher's Synopsis
The 5th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between March 15 and April 30, 1862. They participated in the Siege of Corinth and the assault on Vicksburg, then spent the next year or so in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama. Following the battle of Nashville in December, 1864, they ended the war in the assault on Mobile, Alabama.Adjutant Thomas Parke Gere was awarded the Medal of Honor on February 24, 1865 for his actions at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864 where he captured the flag of the Mississippi 4th Infantry RegimentThe 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.CompaniesCompany A - Goodhue County and Dodge County Company B - Fillmore County Company C - Freeborn County and Faribault County Company D - Carver County, Ramsey County and othersCompany E - Ramsey County, Carver County, and Scott County Company F - Waseca County, Ramsey County, Faribault County and Anoka County Company G - Wabasha County and Dakota County Company H - Goodhue County and Wabasha County Company I - Ramsey County, Olmsted County, and others Company K - Washington County
