5th Kansas Infantry Regiment

5th Kansas Infantry Regiment
Active	September 1861 – October 1861
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

The 5th Kansas Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

Two companies of the 5th Kansas Infantry were organized at Fort Scott, Kansas.

The regiment was attached to Lane's Kansas Brigade.

The 5th Kansas Infantry ceased to exist due to a lack of recruits. Members of the two companies were consolidated with recruits from the 3rd Kansas Infantry and 4th Kansas Infantry (both of which failed to complete organization) to form the 10th Kansas Infantry.

Detailed service

Operations about Fort Scott September and October 1861. Action at Morristown September 17. Osceola September 21–22.

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

Attribution

• This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

See also

• List of Kansas Civil War Units
• Kansas in the Civil War