5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment

5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
	A portion of the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, later re-designated the 5th USCT, in Delaware, Ohio
Active	August 1863 – September 20, 1865
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Part of	2nd Brigade, XVIII Corps (January 1864 – April 1864); 2nd Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the James (April 1864 – June 1864); 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVIII Corps (June 1864 – December 1864); 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XXV Corps (December 1864); 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXV Corps (December 1864 – March 1865); 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, X Corps (March 1865 – August 1865);
Engagements	Battle of Sandy Swamp; Wistar's Expedition; Capture of City Point; Battle of Bailor's Farm; Richmond–Petersburg Campaign; Battle of Chaffin's Farm; Battle of Fort Harrison; Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road; First Battle of Fort Fisher; Second Battle of Fort Fisher; Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill; Battle of Federal Point; Battle of Wilmington; Battle of Goldsborough Bridge;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. Giles W. Shurtleff
Insignia
XVIII Corps
3rd Division, XVIII Corps
3rd Division, XXV Corps
3rd Division, X Corps

The 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia as part of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign and in North Carolina, where it participated in the attacks on Fort Fisher and Wilmington and the Carolinas Campaign.