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  • 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
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  • The 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment has the unfortunate distinction of having sustained the greatest total loss in battles of any infantry or cavalry regiment in the Union Army, with a total of 295 killed and 756 wounded, for a total of 1,051 men.
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Branch
Country
Dates
  • --10-22
Unit Name
  • 5
notable commanders
  • Colonel Charles E. Hapgood
  • Colonel Edward Ephraim Cross
  • Colonel Welcome E. Crafts
  • Lieutenant Colonel James E. Larkin
  • Major John S. Ricker
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Battles
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  • The 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment has the unfortunate distinction of having sustained the greatest total loss in battles of any infantry or cavalry regiment in the Union Army, with a total of 295 killed and 756 wounded, for a total of 1,051 men.