The 5th Maine Regiment was mustered in on June 24, 1861 and mustered out on July 27, 1864. By the time the regiment mustered out, there were 107 killed or dead of wounds and 77 dead from disease. They served in the following engagements:
- First Manassas (Bull Run), VA - July 21, 1861
- West Point, VA - May 7, 1862
- Gaines Mill, VA - June 27-29, 1862
- Goldings Farm, VA - June 27-28, 1862
- Malvern Hill, VA - July 1, 1862
- Cramptons Gap, MD -September 14, 1862
- Antietam, MD - September 17, 1862
- Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
- Chancellorsville, VA - May 1-4, 1863
- Gettysburg, PA - July 1-3, 1863
- Funkstown, MD - July 10, 1863
- Rappahannock Station, VA - November 7, 1863
- Locust Grove, VA - November 27, 1863
- Wilderness, VA - May 5-7, 1864
- Spotsylvania, VA - May 7-20, 1864
- North Anna, VA - May 23-27, 1864
- Cold Harbor, VA - May 31-June 12, 1864
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1863-02-16 Officers of the regiment recommend W.B. Fenderson for promotion
C. S. Edwards and George W. Bicknell
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1863-03-13 Mark Dunnell and Josiah Drummond recommend Charles Deane for promotion
Mark H. Dunnell and Josiah Hayden Drummond
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1863-03-13 Mark Dunnell and Josiah Drummond recommend Charles H. Deane for Lieutenant in the Colored Troops
Mark H. Dunnell and Josiah Hayden Drummond