Unit

Federal Regiment

5th Connecticut Infantry

Organized: Hartford, CT; mustered in 7/22/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out on 7/19/1865

Commanding Officer:
Capt. Henry W. Daboll

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #28: Williams' Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth (XII) Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, XII Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps

History of the Unit:
Organized in part from the "Colt's Revolving Rifles" company of early 1861.

The Regiment was heavily engaged at Cedar Mountain, 9 August 1862:
"Capt. Daboll, writing to his brother after the battle, says that he finds himself in command of the regiment, being the senior officer present for duty. The regiment went into the fight, with 380 men, and came out with 200. Companies H and F were not in the battle being on detached duty. He says 'Our colors was shot down nine times, and we have lost them with the nine brave men who defended them' . Col Chapman, LCol Stone, and Maj Smith were all wounded and captured, as were many other officers".
(Hartford Courant, August 16, 1862).

In the Antietam Campaign:
Gen Crawford, in his official report, says "The Fifth Connecticut was not in action" at Antietam. It had been detached to Frederick (Md) since September 15th. 1

Notes

1 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Vol. 19/Part 1 (Ser #27) , Pg. 179 [AotW citation 134]

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