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Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
Company A – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[ | Company A – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company B – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company C – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company D – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company E – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company F – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company G – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company H – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana. <br>Company I – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana.<br>Company K – Many men mustered in from Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]], Indiana. | ||
The 5th was organized the summer of 1861under Lovell H. Rousseau as Colonel, and was mustered into the United States service on the 9th day of September 1861. From the ime the 5th crossed the Ohio river from Camp Joe Holt, recruting progressed rapidly throughtout Kentucky. | The 5th was organized the summer of 1861under Lovell H. Rousseau as Colonel, and was mustered into the United States service on the 9th day of September 1861. From the ime the 5th crossed the Ohio river from Camp Joe Holt, recruting progressed rapidly throughtout Kentucky. | ||
The records for this Regiment's Companies are from the book "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky" Vol. 1-1861-1866.<ref>Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 1, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866).pg. 717 {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> | |||
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