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5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)

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on August 31, 1864, the brigade was ordered to attack the entrenched federal position. At an unseen deep ravine, the attack came to a halt. The following day, the Confederates were overwhelmed when two-thirds of a Union Army division attacked and began to surround their positions. Many of the men of
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were captured. The remnants of the brigade fell back and managed a successful defense against the Union assault, bringing it to a halt. On September 4, only 500 men were present for duty in the entire First Kentucky Brigade. That same month, the regiment was converted to
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5th Kentucky, C.S.A., Chickamauga marker, commemorating the regiment's advance on the right flank of the Union position on Snodgrass Hill
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near New Hope Church, the First Kentucky Brigade made an unsupported charge, losing 51% of its strength. At the
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The regiment saw action in eastern Kentucky early in the war serving in the Army of Eastern Kentucky under
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Chaltas, David. "Big Uncle; The Saga of the Kentucky Giant" 2013. {13: 978-1492795810}
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The 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry & Artillery Regiment: "The Orphan Brigade"
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Kentucky
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Brief history of the 5th Kentucky Infantry, CSA by Faron Sparkman
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5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry CS living history organization
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on May 7, 1864, when they left their winter camps at
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The regiment was engaged in delaying tactics during
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Index

5th Kentucky Infantry
5th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Confederate States of America
Confederate States Army
Infantry
Mounted Infantry
Battle of Ivy Mountain
Battle of Middle Creek
Battle of Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Ringgold Gap
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Peachtree Creek
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Sherman's March to the Sea

infantry
regiment
Confederate States Army
American Civil War
First Kentucky Brigade
Hager Hill, Kentucky
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Colonel
John Stuart Williams
Brig. Gen.
Humphrey Marshall

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