5th Virginia Infantry

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/5th_Virginia_Infantry
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:active_years 1861-1865
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:battle_honors gptkb:Fredericksburg
gptkb:Antietam
gptkb:Chancellorsville
gptkb:Bull_Run
gptkb:Gettysburg
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Army
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:High
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Various
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:5th_Virginia_Cavalry
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:disbandment_date 1865
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Appomattox
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_First_Bull_Run
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Confederate_Battle_Flag
gptkbp:formed 1861
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:historical_records Available
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:history gptkb:Virginia_Historical_Society
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 5th Virginia Infantry
gptkbp:legacy Civil War History
gptkbp:memorials gptkb:Various
gptkbp:military_service Over 1,000
gptkbp:motto “ The Old Fifth”
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Fifth
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Colonel_John_W._Allen
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:primary_role Infantry Combat
gptkbp:recruited_from gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:reformed 1862
gptkbp:reunion gptkb:Annual
gptkbp:service_years 1 year
Voluntary
gptkbp:size gptkb:Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:survivors Few
gptkbp:uniform Gray
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Kernstown
gptkb:Battle_of_Port_Republic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5