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Regtl. Quartermaster Chickamauga 2018 Vicksburg 2019
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- Jul 21, 2015
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- Texas
I don't know much about the regiment but I came across something about it and looked here first and found no thread about the regiment. I am currently reading "Return to Bull Run,The Campaign And Battle Of Second Manassas" by John J. Hennessy. His narrative of the fight at Chinn Ridge on August 30,1862 includes this on page 373 of his book:
"During those ten awful minutes atop that ridge, the 5th New York lost nearly 300 men shot -- 120 mortally. For a single infantry regiment it was the largest loss of life in any single battle of the entire Civil War. And it all happened in ten minutes..."