Federal Regiment

5th Maryland Infantry

Organized: Baltimore, MD; mustered in 9/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Baltimore, MD 9/1865

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  Maj. Leopold Blumenberg
  Capt. Captain W. W. Bamberger
  Capt. Salome Marsh

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

Unit history

The Fifth Maryland Infantry Regiment was organized at Baltimore City, Maryland, in September, 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until September 1, 1865, when it was mustered out of service, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

Whilst the regiment was organized at Baltimore City, a number of the companies were recruited in other sections of the State. Company A was recruited at North East, Cecil County; Company E was recruited in Frederick County and Baltimore City; Company I was recruited at Elkton, Cecil County; Companies B, C, D, F, G, H and K were recruited at Baltimore City.

The Fifth Regiment of Infantry occupied a camp at Lafayette Square, Baltimore City, from September, 1861, until March, 1862, where they were drilled, disciplined, and prepared for active service in the field.

On the 11th of March, 1862, the 5th Regiment left Baltimore for the seat of war in Virginia; on arrival at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, they were assigned to General Dix's command in the Army of the Potomac.

After the repulse of General McClellan's army on the peninsula of Virginia, and the transfer of the seat of war to Northern Virginia and Maryland, in August and September, 1862, the 5th Regiment marched with the army of the Potomac, and bore a conspicuous part in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.

On the Antietam Campaign

Having been assigned to 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 3d Army Corps, at that portion of the battlefield of Antietam known as the "Bloody Lane," the 5th Regiment fought bravely and suffered severely in killed and wounded. The commanding officer for the time being, Major Leopold Blumenberg, was seriously wounded at the head of the regiment and carried to the rear, when Captain W. W. Bamberger, of Company B, assumed command of the regiment, who, in turn, was seriously wounded and taken to the rear, when the command of the regiment devolved on Capt. Salome Marsh, of Company F, who commanded the regiment during the remainder of the day. The 5th Regiment had thirty-nine men killed and one hundred and nine men wounded in the battle of Antietam.

Note: General Ezra Carman and the ORs have Captain Faehtz (Company I) in command of the Regiment after Major Blumenberg and Captain Bamberger were hit.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 39; Wounded (WIA): 109;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #6: French's Division Hits the Sunken Road (9-10 am)
Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #40: French's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #43: Weber's Brigade, French's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

After the Antietam Campaign

The 5th Regiment of Infantry remained on the upper Potomac and in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the winter of 1862-63, and was assigned to General Milroy's Division, who were besieged at Winchester, Virginia, June 13 and 15, 1863, by the entire Confederate army of Northern Virginia. In the battles incident to the siege and the forcing of its way through the enemy's lines, the 5th Regiment, under the command of Maj. Salome Marsh, suffered terribly in killed, wounded and prisoners.

The regiment rejoined the army of the Potomac in 1864, and participated in the siege of Petersburg, June to September, 1864, and was with that part of the Army of the Potomac known as 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 18th Army Corps, and the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 24th Army Corps, that occupied Richmond, Va. (the Confederate capital), April 3, 1865.

The 5th Regiment of Infantry was mustered out of the military service of the United States at Fredericksburg, Va., September 1, 1865, and transported thence to Baltimore, Md., where the regiment disbanded.

References & Notes

Much of the text above quoted from the Maryland State Archives Volume 367, Page 179-180.

We have 173 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Alexander, John	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Allen, Ebenezer	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Bedwell, William J.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Biddle, Charles	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brotherton, Loftus	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brown, Edward	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brown, William T.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Burke, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Butherton, Loftus	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Cameron, William T.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Campbell, Jacob W.	MIA (n) 09/17
A	Pvt	Coldwell, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Cooling, Henry S.	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Flintham, George L.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Foster, Gustine	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Harmon, Thomas	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Irvin, Nathan	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Karsner, George W.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Layman, Philip	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Leonard, John A.	MWIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Lum, William H.	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Mathews, George W.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Mattix, Asa R.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McClure, George W.	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	McCullough, Oliver	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Moore, John G.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Morgan, Kruson	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Murphy, William I.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Rice, William D.	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Russum, William H.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Scanlan, Hugh P.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Simpers, John T.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Streeper, Benjamin K.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Stubbins, Joseph	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Stubbins, Thomas G.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Sturgeon, John T.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Wantee, James	AWOL 09/17
A	Pvt	West, John	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Wilson, Asbury N.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Yeamans, Joseph C.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bachtle, John	WIA 09/17
B	Capt	Bamberger, William W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bussick, George W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cavenaugh, Peter	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Gibson, David	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Granger, Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Grilla, Casper	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Lamden, Josiah	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Maguire, Joseph	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McComas, John	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Nugent, Walter	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Abbis, Ferdinand	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Belz, Nicholas	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Boehm, August	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Gruner, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Leyhe, William	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Preiss, Christopher	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Sander, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Steeger, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Warmboldt, Albert	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Weidlich, Amand	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Weiss, William	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Wienecke, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Yeager, George	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Childs, George A.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Cross, Wornel	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Daley, Joseph	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Daring, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Driscoll, Richard	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Harper, Levi A.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Hess, Charles	POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Houck, Wendel	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Kenny, Martin	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	King, James H.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	O'Neil, Henry E.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Personett, John T.	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Richards, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Rixham, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Sanders, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Seebo, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Shoulder, J.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Smith, Edward	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Tracey, Benjamin M.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Wentworth, Joseph	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ballaher, Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ballohon, Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Banthem, Charles W.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bond, William H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bossom, James W.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Burns, William Henry	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bushman, George W.	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Dougherty, William	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Edwards, Gershaum	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ensey, Marshall	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gallagher, Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gissell, William G.	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Harman, William H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hiser, John H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Jones, Edward D.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McElhenney, John	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Moltke, Magnus	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Morrison, Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Parker, William	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Phillips, George	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Seymour, George
E	Pvt	Stahl, Andrew J.	KIA 09/17
E	Corp	Walthman, Edward	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Allen, Albert	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Allen, Phillip	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bell, Absalom	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Blucher, Albert	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Brooks, Jesse	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Byrnes, James	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Carrick, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Corns, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Dix, Benjamin	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Doherty, James	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Edwards, Henry C.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Harrison, William	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hilberg, John C.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hinton, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hunter, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hyatt, George	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Knort, Michael	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lyddan, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Madden, WIlliam T.	KIA 09/17
F	Capt	Marsh, Salome	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Miller, Matthew	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Mooney, John C.	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Myers, WIlliam	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Neill, Absalom	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Owens, James	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Owens, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Price, Charles S.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Sullivan, Dennis	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Sweet, Joseph	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Welch, Ephriam	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Binder, William	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Bruder, Francis I.	KIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Harschkamp, Augustus	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Henris, Adolphus	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hoffman, Charles	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Kohler, Berhard	KIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Landerking, Philip	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Merling, George J.	KIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Smith, Thomas N.	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Taylor, George T.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Blum, Charles	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bremerman, Leider	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Farrell, Bartly	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Grass, Charles	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Hoeflich, Antone	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Kneurline, Joseph	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Kohlman, Charles	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Patten, George	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Welz, John	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Dunbar, Amor	KIA 09/17
I	Capt	Faehtz, Ernest F. M.
I	Corp	Geary, Davis	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McSorly, William	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Oatley, Robert	MWIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Purnell, William Greenbury
I	Corp	Racine, James Knox Polk
I	Lt	Thomas, Evan W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Willey, Garrett	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Brown, Augustus	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Brown, John C.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hubert, Anton	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Trautwein, Jacob	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Blumenberg, Leopold	WIA 09/17
F&S	Civilian	Maguire, George Campbell
F&S	Pvt	McCrea, William	WIA 09/17
F&S	ASrg	Norris, William Henry

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