Washington, DC 5th Battalion, Infantry (3 months, 1861)
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Washington, DC 5th Battalion, Infantry (3 months, 1861) was organized at Washington, D.C., for the defense of that city April, 1861. It was mustered out July, 1861.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1861.
Stone's Expedition to July, 1861.
SERVICE:
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until June, 1861.
Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7.
Great Falls July 7.
ROSTERS:
The composite rosters of this unit contains the names of 579 men.
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